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Persuasive Writing: What Can Writing in Family Message Journals Do for Students?
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| Grades | K – 2 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Three 30-minute sessions |
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Worcester, Massachusetts |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Organizing & Summarizing
The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 3 – 12 | Calendar Activity | March 12
On this date in 1901, Andrew Carnegie gave $5.2 million to New York City libraries.
Students write expository and persuasive pieces with the help of the Persuasion Map and Essay Map interactives, and compare the essential features of the two modes of writing.
Grades K – 12 | Calendar Activity | November 1
Celebrate National Family Literacy Day!
Parents, grandparents, and other family members are invited to the classroom for a family-school reading day.
STRATEGY GUIDES
Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
This strategy guide focuses on persuasive writing and offers specific methods on how you can help your students use it to improve their critical writing and thinking skills.
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
Grades K – 5 | Professional Library | Book
Family Message Journals: Teaching Writing through Family Involvement
This book follows the development of emergent and beginning writers as they explore the power and joy of written communication.