March 6th 2024 – Persuasive Writing.

Grade 3B has working hard at their Persuasive Writings. and I want to break the work up here a little bit for you.

In Lesson 1 – We looked at things around the school. We were looking for things that could be made better, and we made a list. Then we discussed it. Some of the things mentioned are listed below:

Better organization of the playgrounds. Specifically:
The ECC playground is next to the UES playground but is unavailable to the large children.
The Dinosaur area has a fun playground, but it is inaccessible to students normally.
The Leopard is not usable by UES students.
Cleanliness: There is still a problem with trash being littered on the ground.
Shade: there should be more shady areas for hot days near the playground.

In Lesson 2 – We took time to write about one of the issues above. 1 short paragraph was asked for.

In Lesson 3 – We looked at How can we add words and phrases to make our reader interested in our issue. We looked at making our Thesis Clear and to the point.

In lesson 4 – We discussed things we love int he world. Things that are awesome. We chose one of these to write about. Our focus: how can this thing make the world better?
Some children chose their parents, and were asking people to show the positive attributes their parents had.
Some children a video game, and were trying to convince people that proper use of that game could help children learn better.
Some people chose a country and listed out the positive things about that country, then focused on how the world could be better by copying these positives.

Lesson 5,6 and 7 were lessons about pacing and editing.
We decided to follow these basic steps:

Write. Don’t worry about spelling or grammar. (By yourself)
Read. Read the writing to yourself or to a friend. (by yourself or with 1 partner)
Fix. Fix on the paper any mistakes you and your friend found. (By yourself or with 1 partner)
Go back to Write & continue.