Writer's Choice Grade 12

Unit 6: Persuasive Writing

Unit Activity Lesson Plan

Introduction
Students have read about persuasive writing. In this lesson, they will identify the characteristics of persuasive writing and describe how the characteristics affect the reader.

Lesson Description
Students will enter the words that match the clues into the crossword puzzle.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to identify the characteristics of persuasive writing.
2. Students will able to describe how the characteristics of persuasive writing affect the audience.

1. persuasive
2. thesis statement
3. refute
4. example
5. statistics
6. fact
7. stereotyping
8. limited sample
9. false cause
10. inductive
11. deductive
12. premise

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