Persuasive Essay Grade 5
Persuasive Essay: Grade 5
Writing Unit 3
Unit Title: Persuasive Essay
Duration: 4 weeks
Concepts:
1. Writers study mentor texts to understand the genre of persuasive writing.
2. Writers generate ideas for writing persuasive essays.
3. Writers learn strategies for writing effective persuasive essays.
4. Writers learn strategies for revising and editing persuasive essays.
5. Writers publish and share persuasive essays.
Resources:
Materials to be provided by the teacher:
1. Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Teaching Writing,
1. On-Demand Persuasive Essay Pre/PostGrades 3-5, Book 3: Breathing Life Into Essays,
Assessment
Lucy Calkins
2. Writer’s notebooks
2. A Curricular Plan for the Writing Workshop,
3. Writing folders with notebook paper
Grade 5, 2011-2012, Lucy Calkins …show more content…
They need to be able to add pages if they want. Write the following statement on the board:
“Kids should be required to wear a helmet for biking and skating.”
Tell students:
Read the statement, “Kids should be required to wear a helmet for biking and skating” aloud from the board.
Have the students decide whether they agree or disagree with this statement and provide evidence in the form of facts and details to support their point of view.
“Let’s each write an essay to convince others to agree with your point of view on this issue. Write your essay in a way that shows our best work. You will have an hour to write your persuasive essay. Use everything you know about strong writing.” Have students begin writing their persuasive essays.
Note:
This on-demand assessment shows what students know about persuasive essay writing. Score these essays using the
Persuasive Essay Assessment Rubric located at the end of this unit. Pay close attention to what your writers can already do and almost do. This information will help you focus on goals for your students. Use the same rubric to score
Writing Unit 3
Unit Title: Persuasive Essay
Duration: 4 weeks
Concepts:
1. Writers study mentor texts to understand the genre of persuasive writing.
2. Writers generate ideas for writing persuasive essays.
3. Writers learn strategies for writing effective persuasive essays.
4. Writers learn strategies for revising and editing persuasive essays.
5. Writers publish and share persuasive essays.
Resources:
Materials to be provided by the teacher:
1. Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Teaching Writing,
1. On-Demand Persuasive Essay Pre/PostGrades 3-5, Book 3: Breathing Life Into Essays,
Assessment
Lucy Calkins
2. Writer’s notebooks
2. A Curricular Plan for the Writing Workshop,
3. Writing folders with notebook paper
Grade 5, 2011-2012, Lucy Calkins …show more content…
They need to be able to add pages if they want. Write the following statement on the board:
“Kids should be required to wear a helmet for biking and skating.”
Tell students:
Read the statement, “Kids should be required to wear a helmet for biking and skating” aloud from the board.
Have the students decide whether they agree or disagree with this statement and provide evidence in the form of facts and details to support their point of view.
“Let’s each write an essay to convince others to agree with your point of view on this issue. Write your essay in a way that shows our best work. You will have an hour to write your persuasive essay. Use everything you know about strong writing.” Have students begin writing their persuasive essays.
Note:
This on-demand assessment shows what students know about persuasive essay writing. Score these essays using the
Persuasive Essay Assessment Rubric located at the end of this unit. Pay close attention to what your writers can already do and almost do. This information will help you focus on goals for your students. Use the same rubric to score