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Literacy - Persuasive - Week 3 - Lesson 1

Grades: 7th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Subjects: Writing, Social Studies, Reading

Student Instructions

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  โ€ I wonder how I can use language for emphasis? ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ: โ€ I can provide additional information beyond that is needed for the text to be coherent. (Conjunctions) โ€ I can create texts that show understanding of how detail can be used to extend key ideas. โ€ I can edit their work for meaning (adjectives, expanding sentences) โ€ I can understand how noun group phrases and adjectives can be expanded. โ€ I can use main and subordinate clauses (Compound and complex sentences) โ€ I can elaborate upon key ideas. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐”๐ฉ - 10 minutes to write and upload. ๐Ÿ) Convince me of one of these topics: โ€ Are we doing enough for racial equality? โ€ Are we doing enough for gender equality? โ€ Are we doing enough for environmental change? โ€ Students should choose their own homeroom classes! ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: ๐Ÿ) Listen to the audio of 'Dangers of a Single Story' and note down: โ€ How does she extend (lengthen) her ideas?? โ€ What devices does she use. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ‘) Using the speech from the collective 'Dangers of a Single Story', continuing highlighting: โ€ Connectives โ€ Conjunctions โ€ Rich vocabulary (level 4/5) ๐Ÿ’) Choose three words that your are going to use in your writing this week. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: Write and upload. ๐Ÿ“) Brainstorm/Plan what you will be writing about over the next few weeks: โ€ If you are going for a leadership role: Speeches for leadership โ€ If you are not: Choose a your own topic to give persuasive speech about. ๐Ÿ”) Instigate to add to your brainstor/plan. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐Ÿ•) I wonder if I can give and receive feedback on my writing plan - ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐Ÿ–) Submit all your work and recordings as needed. ๐Ÿ—) Presented in circle time thing about: โ€ โ€ Pitch โ€ โ€ Dynamisc โ€ โ€ Tone โ€ โ€ Hand Gestures โ€ โ€ Posture

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Part ๐Ÿ Tacher to guide students towards conjunctions / connectives. Highlight in the text. Discuss how the language emphasises her ideas. W.3 Can provide additional information beyond that is needed for the text to be coherent. (Conjunctions) W.4 Can create texts that show understanding of how detail can be used to extend key ideas. W.5 Can edit their work for meaning (adjectives, expanding sentences) W.5 Can understand how noun group phrases and adjectives can be expanded. W.5 Can use main and subordinate clauses (Compound and complex sentences) W.6 Can elaborate upon key ideas.

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