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Persuasive Writing: a pre-writing activity

October 27, 2019 by Room 213 8 Comments

Persuasive Writing: a pre-writing activity

Often when we announce that we are assigning an essay we get some groans and eye rolls. I try to circumvent that with some persuasive writing activities that get my students excited (or at least somewhat interested) in the art of persuasion. 

Before we begin any activity, I like to prime the pump with an activity that gets students interested in what comes next.  So because we were about to begin persuasive essays, I printed off a pile of cards that instructed students to persuade a partner of something.

Persuasive Writing Activity

I grouped my students and gave each group a stack of persuasion cards. Then, every student in the group chose one and had a minute to brainstorm the points to use to attempt convince their partner to do the thing on their chosen card.

Persuasive Writing Activity

This was one of those activities that I thought of in the shower. You know the ones. You have a completely different plan and then some aqua-inspired idea descends on you, and you completely switch it up. They are usually some of the best ideas, and this was one of them. My students were very engaged in the activity, and at the end of the class, I heard “that was fun” several times.

Warmed my teacher heart.

Not only was the activity deemed fun, but it also got my students ready to start thinking about a topic for their persuasive essay. We spent some time brainstorming and free-writing to get them exploring ideas, and because of the activity that preceded this, they were much more engaged in coming up with topics than they ever were before.

👉🏻If you’d like to grab this persuasive pre-writing activity, you can do so here. And, if you’d like a full persuasive unit, click here. For inspiration and more engaging writing activities, read this.

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  1. Brie says

    October 29, 2019 at 1:47 am

    These are great! So creative! (I wish I'd had them last week when I created a "preparing for public speaking" stations activity with my AVID class!) I think they'd also make a clever icebreaker or brain break activity.

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  2. Anonymous says

    November 15, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    Cool, thanks a lot for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Unknown says

    November 24, 2019 at 2:14 pm

    Thank you! Do you have this game for expository?

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  4. Room 213 says

    November 24, 2019 at 7:29 pm

    No, sorry, I don't

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  5. Room 213 says

    November 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm

    You are very welcome!

    Reply
  6. Unknown says

    January 10, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    Thank you so much! This is great. I will be using next week! 🙂

    Reply
  7. Regina says

    March 28, 2021 at 10:05 am

    These are great for middle school and high school. The questions allow for thoughtful constructive feedback as well as provide a formative way to assess understanding and build critical thinking skills.

    Reply
    • Room 213 says

      March 31, 2021 at 6:51 am

      Thanks, Regina!

      Reply

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