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Understanding Persuasive Texts
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Understanding Persuasive Texts
🗣️ Part 1: What is Persuasion?
1. Circle the best answer. Persuasion is when we:
Tell someone what to do
Try to get someone to think or do something by giving reasons
Ask for help
2. Draw a picture of yourself persuading someone to do something:
3. Write one sentence about what you are trying to persuade them to do:
👀 Part 2: Spotting Persuasion Around Us
4. Tick all the places where you might see persuasion:
Toy advertisements on TV
Healthy eating posters at school
A shopping list
Signs asking people to be quiet in the library
A birthday invitation
5. Look at this sentence: "You should eat apples because they are healthy and taste great!"
What is this sentence trying to persuade you to do?
6. Circle the persuasive words in this sentence: "This is the BEST toy ever! You will LOVE playing with it!"
This is the BEST toy ever! You will LOVE playing with it!
📚 Part 3: Persuasion in Stories
7. Match the character to what they might be trying to persuade someone to do:
1. Little Red Riding Hood
2. Goldilocks
3. The Three Little Pigs
A. Don't let the wolf in
B. Don't go into strangers' houses
C. Stay on the path
8. Think of your favourite book. Write about a time when a character tried to persuade someone:
✏️ Part 4: Create Your Own Persuasion
9. Fill in the blanks to make a persuasive sentence:
You should _____________ because it is _____________ and _____________.
10. Draw a poster to persuade your classmates to do something good:
11. Write the words you would put on your poster:
12. Why do you think people use persuasion? Circle the best answer:
To be mean to others
To help others make good choices
To confuse people
🤔 Part 5: Reflection
13. Write or draw about a time when someone persuaded you to do something:
14. What is one new thing you learned about persuasion today?
15. Circle how you feel about understanding persuasion:
😊 I understand it well
😐 I understand some of it
😕 I need more help
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