EF3/4 Persuasive writing

Types of paragraphs:

narrative writing

descriptive writing

process writing

persuasive writing - persuade, convince, encourage someone to agree with you, explain your opinion so that another person will understand

We have to have an opinion, a position.

primary-elementary, secondary, post-secondary, graduate school, post-graduate school



Why is post-secondary education important?

Yes, is important
1. get a good job
2. improves your mind 
3. social experience
4. more confident, accomplished something big


Put them in order of importance - most importance goes last

journalism - writing for newspaper, news - most important thing first, first paragraph give the most important points


PLAN
Yes, is important
1. social experience
2. improve your mind
3. become more confident
4. get a good job

ROUGH DRAFT

Topic sentence:
    Post-secondary education is very beneficial to you in several ways. First, being a student you will have all kinds of new social interactions with people from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds, all cultures, from all around the world. Your social circle will become global. Also, reading books and discussing big ideas with other students and teachers will expand your understanding of the world. It will also teach you how to analyze and evaluate information. This is very important especially in this internet age when bad information is readily available online.


First, being a student you will have all kinds of new social interactions with people from all walks of life, all ages, all backgrounds, all cultures, from all around the world. Your social circle will become global.

SIMPLER STYLE
You will meet friends from all over the world and from different cultures.

Also, reading books and discussing big ideas with other students and teachers will expand your understanding of the world. It will also teach you how to analyze and evaluate information. This is very important especially in this internet age when bad information is readily available online.

SIMPLER STYLE
You can learn more information from reading and talking in class. You can know which ideas are good and which are bad.


PRACTICE TOPIC:
Why children should go to school?
Are organic foods worth the extra cost?
Why you should stop smoking?
Why children should not play too much video games?
Should you immigrate to Canada?
Should I have kids?

Topic sentence-
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