Persuasive+Writing

 Writing persuasive essays can be challenging for students with learning disabilities, so I provide scaffolding and sufficient modeling to help all learners to be successful. One project that the learners enjoyed creating was our persuasive restaurant commercials. Learners worked in cooperative groups of three based on their favorite restaurant. Each learner in the group chose their favorite food. I modeled how to write an 8 sentence paragraph using a Powerpoint.


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 Students were then given a template, and color-coded sentence strips to write their own paragraph. Each restaurant group peer-edits and revises together.  Students are then provided with access to a Powerpoint template using Google Docs. All of the students can work on the same document simultaneously. Each slide represents one paragraph. Students then collaborate to create a grabbing lead and conclusion.



 Once students have revised and edited their collaborative 5 paragraph persuasive essay, they print out copies to be used to rehearse fluency. Students then created Voicethreads to share their commercials.

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