Powers of Persuasion
This worksheet guides students in collaborating to plan a persuasive letter to their principal, arguing against the cancellation of recess and school sports. Students then individually write the letter using rhetorical devices learned in previous lessons.
Learning goals
- We are learning to plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, tense, language features, vivid vocabulary, punctuation, spelling and images.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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Annotated Text Types
Introducing a comprehensive resource for educators, encompassing annotated texts across various genres such as Information Reports, Procedur...
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Rhetorical Questions
This worksheet helps students identify rhetorical questions, match them to scenarios, and write their own around various topics. It supports...
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Repetition
This worksheet helps students identify repetition in a passage and use it effectively in their own writing for persuasive impact. Ideal for...
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Choosing Better Words
This worksheet helps students improve their persuasive writing by replacing weak language choices with stronger, more effective words and ph...
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Lazy Language
This worksheet challenges students to elevate the language in advertisements by replacing mundane words with more compelling alternatives, c...
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There is More to Persuasion
This worksheet allows students to brainstorm where they encounter persuasion in their daily lives, from streaming services to social media....
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Start with Strong Arguments
This worksheet helps students identify their strongest arguments for and against school uniforms. They will craft well-constructed sentences...
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Take Action
This worksheet helps students use rhetorical devices to transform statements into persuasive language, encouraging action. Includes suggeste...
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Plan to Persuade
Collaborative worksheet where students plan a persuasive letter to their principal against cancelling recess and school sports. Students gen...
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Figurative Language
This worksheet helps students identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in advertisements. Students then create their own...
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Persuasive Texts - #11 Who's Your Target?
This worksheet is #11 in our series of 23 worksheets which focus on persuasive texts.
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Modality Bingo
Modality Bingo has been designed as a group game, but you could easily use it to assess student understanding of modal verbs, by taking a ph...
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Modality Desk Mat
The Modality Desk Mat has been designed to act as a useful reference tool for students creating persuasive texts.
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Rhetorical Devices - Presentation
This visually engaging presentation supports students in using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for persuasive effects, targeting...
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Rhetorical Devices Poster Pack
Enhance your persuasive writing unit with our Rhetoric Devices posters! This set includes clear explanations, examples, and reasons for usin...
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Rhetorical Devices - Student Reference Card
Equip your students with this handy reference card, aiding their understanding of using rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs for pers...
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The Pillars of Persuasion
This worksheet introduces students to Aristotle's pillars of persuasion: pathos, ethos, and logos. Students will learn about each device and...
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Modal Verbs
This worksheet guides students through using modal verbs in persuasive writing. They fill in blanks, rewrite sentences incorporating modal v...
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Transform the Text- The Great Barrier Reef
Transform an informative text about the Great Barrier Reef into a persuasive text using learnt rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes s...
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Transform the Text- Vending Machines
Transform an informative text about vending machine use into a persuasive text using learned rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes sug...
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Transform the Text- Social Media
Transform an informative text about social media use into a persuasive text using learned rhetorical devices. This worksheet includes sugges...
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Persuade Me
This engaging, low-prep game allows students to practice oral language skills by selecting topic cards and using rhetorical devices to convi...
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Race to Persuade
A simple game where students move around the board, selecting a topic and rhetorical device to persuade others. Easy to set up and adaptable...
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Convince Me!
This engaging resource comprises a set of scenario cards designed to ignite creativity and persuasive skills in students. Ideal for pairs or...
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Rhetorical Devices Quiz
This quiz is a valuable tool for assessing students' understanding of using rhetorical devices and modal verbs for persuasive effects. With...
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Rhetorical Devices Assessment
This 2-page assessment task evaluates students' proficiency in employing rhetorical devices, images, and modal verbs to achieve persuasive e...
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Rhetorical Devices Marking Rubric
This comprehensive 5-point assessment rubric is designed to support the unit of work on Rhetorical Devices, focusing on students' ability to...