HSPA PERSUASIVE WRITING

The Persuasive Essay of the HSPA is challenging.  To help you do your best, follow these simple steps:

1.       Learning how to write a PERSUASIVE ESSAY…use the Persuasive Essay Explanation link.

2.       Become familiar with PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES and how they are used in the essay… use the links Persuasive Techniques, Persuasive Writing Power Point & Activities (see the Power Point presentation), and read Sample Persuasive Essays

3.       Use what you learned and WRITE, WRITE, WRITE!!!  The more persuasive writing you do, the better you will get…use Persuasive Writing Organizer Activity,  Persuasive Letter Generator, On-Line Tutorial for PERSUASIVE WRITING, Persuasive Planning Sheet, Persuasive Practice ESSAY topics (the most like the HSPA)

For the HIGHEST HSPA SCORE…In the writing, students will need to:

·         Write 3 really good paragraphs: intro., body, conclusion / Intro. most important

·         Transitional Words: 3 or more different transitional words

·         Advanced Vocabulary:  6 or more high-level vocabulary

·         Guide the reader: your words need to guide the reader to a solid and clear answer

·         Use logical order

·         Use rhetorical questions

Persuasive Essay Explanation:

·         http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/persuasive_writing.htm#Body

·         http://www.smartsparks.net/persuasiveformat.htm

·         http://www.smartsparks.net/HSPA.htm

Persuasive Techniques:

·         http://knol.google.com/k/frank-lee/10-simple-persuasive-writing-technique/1t7ogz3yeuzns/26#

Persuasive Writing Power Point & Activities:

·         Go to FEATURED RESOURCES at the bottom of the page….

·         http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/convince-developing-persuasive-writing-56.html

Sample Persuasive Essays:

·         http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/hh/pdfs/samplepapers/persuasive_sample.pdf

·         http://www.eslbee.com/persuasion_essays_models.htm

·         http://www.thewritesource.com/studentmodels/ws2k-summer.htm

Persuasive Writing Organizer Activity:

·         http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/persuasion_map/

Persuasive Letter Generator:

·         http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/

On-Line Tutorial for PERSUASIVE WRITING:

·         http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/minilessons.asp?topic=Persuasive

Persuasive Planning Sheet:

·         http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson875/PersuasionMapPlanning.pdf

Persuasive Practice ESSAY topis:

·         http://members.accessus.net/~bradley/Persuasiveessaytopics.html