Genre Focus: Persuasive
Planning, Structure, Point of View/ Word Processing skills
Hook:
Teacher revises the VCOP elements.
Teacher goes through the VCOP cards.
Mini Lesson:
Prepare for Warm Write Thursday:
Model with students the example The Best Game In The World: Marbles!
Discuss the persuasive devices used.
Independent
Provide students with research time. They need to figure out what their favourite game is. Begin researching and recording all information that may be useful
Reflection
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Genre Focus: Persuasive
Planning, Structure, Point of View/ Word Processing skills
Hook:
Teacher revises the VCOP elements.
Teacher goes through the VCOP cards.
Mini Lesson:
Prepare for Warm Write Thursday:
Discuss the cheat sheet with the students.
Discuss why we need persuasive techniques in our text.
Independent
Students can choose a variety of techniques from the cheat sheet and write down arguments for: What is the best game in the world?
Reflection
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WARM WRITE LEARNING TASK
Hook:
Teacher revises the VCOP elements.
Teacher goes through the VCOP cards.
Mini Lesson:
Prompt: "What is the best game in the world? Write a persuasive piece convincing others that your favorite game is the best. Use strong reasons, examples, and persuasive language to support your opinion. Think about what makes the game fun, exciting, and better than all the others!"
Model to the students a planner:
Independent
Begin Warm Write
Planning: 10 minutes
Writing: 30 minutes
Edit/ revising: 10 minutes
Reflection
Author's Chair
Learning Intention: We are learning to explore different styles of writing and what we enjoy writing about
Hook:
Teacher revises the VCOP elements.
Teacher goes through the VCOP cards.
Mini Lesson:
Students brainstorm with a partner which VCOP element they think they need to work on in their writing.
Students choose a VCOP card from the deck
Independent
Students write freely in their Writing book with a focus of using the card within their piece.
Reflection
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