Day/Module 1

Essential Questions: What is persuasive writing? What is pre-writing? Why is it important? What digital tools are available to construct a pre-writing artifact?

Instructions: Read the instructions for each activity and complete the activities. Please email me if you have any questions.


Day1 activity 1: Padlet; Click on the link to take you to the Padlet board. Post an example of what persuasive writing is to you and what it is not; your example may be a text, audio, video, or images. You may include a link. Click here. Padlet.

Day 1; Activity 2: Complete 12 Minute Reflection activity as you view the Flocabulary video and as you read the notes in activity 3 and review the poster. Share your notes with me. You will need to copy the 12 minute reflection file; then complete and share with me.

12 minute reflection

Flocabulary

Persuasive Writing Notes

Persuasive Poster


Day 1 Activity 3:

View presentation slide show and read text on five paragraph essay and take notes in Google Docs interactive notebook. Use this throughout the unit.

Interactive Notebook

Presentation

Text

Day 1 Activity 4:

Choose a topic for your persuasive essay from this list.

List

Activity 5: Finish today's 12 minute Reflection graphic organizer.