Workshop 2
Persuasive Writing
  • Cost: $600
  • Time: Two 1.5 hour sessions

    Participants: (Note: Up to 30 in a session)

  • Classroom teachers (Grades 5-8)
  • Special Education Teachers
  • Language Arts Specialists
  • Administrators

    Session 1

  • Overview
  • 3 Kinds of Writing (narrative, expository, persuasive)
  • How to tell the Difference
  • Author's Purpose & Audience
  • Persuasive Framework: introduction, body, conclusion
  • PreWriting Organizer

    Session 2

  • Persuasive Framework Review
  • Arguments & Truisms
  • Thesis
  • Evidence
  • Transitions
  • Conclusions
  • Rubrics
  • Common Problems