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Practically Persuasive

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1. Exploring the Purpose of Persuasive Texts

Suggested Learning Intentions

To explore the purpose of persuasive texts
To understand that the combination of words and images can be used to represent specific points of view

Sample Success Criteria

I can explain the purpose of persuasive texts
I understand how combinations of words and images in texts can influence the opinion of the audience

2. Tools of Persuasion: Exploring Rhetorical Devices

Suggested Learning Intentions

To understand how rhetorical devices are used to persuade in a range of texts

Sample Success Criteria

I can explain what a rhetorical device is
I can identify rhetorical devices in a range of texts
I understand the purpose of rhetorical devices

3. Text Analysis: Structures, Language Features and Nominalisation

Suggested Learning Intentions

To understand how text structures and language features vary across persuasive texts
To understand the process of nominalisation

Sample Success Criteria

I can identify some of the language features of persuasive texts
I can nominalise a word or a clause

4. Co-Constructing Persuasive Texts

Suggested Learning Intentions

To co-construct a persuasive text
To practise using the language structures and features of persuasive writing

Sample Success Criteria

I can provide evidence to support an argument
I can identify and utilise some of the features of persuasive writing

5. Independent Construction: Persuasive Texts

Suggested Learning Intentions

To create persuasive texts that raise issues and advance opinions using deliberate language and text choices
To formulate persuasive arguments that are supported by evidence

Sample Success Criteria

I can plan, draft and create a persuasive text using a range of persuasive techniques
I can accurately identify and describe a wide range of rhetorical devices

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