A Strategy for Persuasive Writing

 Given a prompting question can the student: ◦ Decide what he or she believes? ◦ Respond clearly writing those beliefs?  Given a graphic organizer and information,can the student appropriately fill in the organizer?  Given his or her topic sentence, can the student provide up to three written reasons to support the topic sentence?  Given his or her topic sentence and reasons to support that topic sentence, can the student elaborate on those reasons?  Given the topic sentence, reasons to support, and elaborations, can the student compose a statement summarizing the information?  Given the information in a graphic organizer, can the student construct a complete paragraph?

 Why persuasive writing is important  POW + TREE tool can help improve the writing ◦ POW gives you POWer when you write  Help remember parts of a persuasive essay  Help Organize ideas

POW + TREE Strategy ◦ P Pick my idea ◦ O Organize my notes using TREE  T Topic SentenceTell what you believe  R Reasons3 or more  E ExamplesWhy do I believe this? Will my readers believe it?  E EndingWrap it up right! ◦ W Write and say more.

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 Promote Memorization ◦ Have students practice in pairs with cue cards  Provide Scaffolded Support ◦ Poster >Student Made Cue Cards (w/o poster)> >No Cue Cards  Encourage Independent Use  Are the students actually using the strategy?  Has their writing performance improved?  Do the students see the strategy as valuable?  Can they use the strategy in other expository writing assignments (e.g., compare and contrast)?

The IRIS Center for Training Enhancements. (2006). Improving writing performance: A strategy for writing expository essays. Retrieved on [February 24, 2011] from ycle.htm ycle.htm Harris, K. R., Graham, S., Mason, L., & Friedlander, B. (2008). Powerful writing strategies for all students. Baltimore, MD: Brookes.

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