An Easy Way To Help Students Outline A Persuasive Writing Piece....

If you are helping a student with writing, you may experience a little bit of difficulty when they have writer's block. Is there a way that you can channel their inner child to help them write a persuasive piece?

Since the beginning of (nagging) time, children have mastered the art of persuasion. Whether or not you know it, want to know it, or are afraid to acknowledge it, your children persuade you to do things that you (never thought in your life) would ever do.

Let's talk about those plastic silly bracelet things that was the craze last year. For some strange reason or another, there were many parents that were "convinced" (which is longhand for "conned") into buying their youngster a silly, well - you know what I mean. These plastic bands of nothingness infiltrated our homes, our mini-vans, and our schools until of course - the principal would confiscate them.

In the future, if your youngster would like for you to buy something that adults would say is "irrational", have them practice the art of persuasive writing.

Here is what you can do:

1. Take out 5 sticky notes or paper.

2. Sticky note number one should say, "I want mom/dad/grandparent to buy me a __________."

3. On sticky note number two, have them give you the first reason why you should (consider) buying that toy.

4. On sticky note number three, have them give you the second reason why you should (consider) buying that
toy.

5. On sticky note number four, have them give you the fourth reason why you should (consider) buying that toy.

6. On sticky note number five, have them conclude why that toy would really be a good item for them to have.

At any age you can begin to have your little one "think out" the steps of persuasive writing.

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