Persuasive Essays TEKS



Persuasive Essays TEKS

|2.20A |3.21A and 4.19A |5.19A |

|Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write | Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write |Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write |

|persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or |persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or |persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or |

|actions of a specific audience on specific |actions of a specific audience on specific |actions of a specific audience on specific |

|issues. Students are expected to write persuasive|issues. Students are expected to write persuasive|issues. Students are expected to write persuasive|

|statements about issues that are important to the|essays for appropriate audiences that establish a|essays for appropriate audiences that establish a|

|student for the appropriate audience in the |position and use supporting details. |position and include sound reasoning, detailed |

|school, home, or local community. | |and relevant evidence, and consideration of |

| | |alternatives. |

|PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR |PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR |PERSUASIVE ESSAYS FOR |

|APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT ESTABLISH A POSITION |APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT ESTABLISH A POSITION |APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES THAT |

|AND USE SUPPORTING DETAILS |AND USE SUPPORTING DETAILS |ESTABLISH A POSITION AND INCLUDE SOUND REASONING,|

|Persuasive essay - a short piece of writing to |Persuasive essay - a short piece of writing to |DETAILED AND RELEVANT EVIDENCE, AND |

|try to persuade the reader to a specific point of|try to persuade the reader to a specific point of|CONSIDERATIONS OF ALTERNATIVES |

|view |view |Persuasive essay - a short piece of writing to |

|Position - an opinion about a particular subject |Position - an opinion about a particular subject |try to persuade the reader to a specific point of|

|Purpose of persuasive writing: |Purpose of persuasive writing: |view |

|• Influence |• Influence |Sound reasoning - devices to persuade readers |

|• Convince |• Convince |(e.g., examples, statistics, testimonials, etc.) |

|• Express |• Express |to a particular point of view |

|• Promote a particular point of view |• Promote a particular point of view |Relevant evidence - facts or thoughts that |

|• Justify a position |• Justify a position |support the writer’s beliefs in order to sway or |

|Note: Both facts and opinions are used in |Note: Both facts and opinions are used in |change the reader's mind Consideration of |

|persuasive writing. |persuasive writing. |alternatives - the reasons why the reader should |

| | |be persuaded to consider the writer’s position, |

| | |proposition, etc. |

|Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. Students are |

|expected to write persuasive essays for appropriate audiences that establish a position and include sound reasoning, detailed and relevant evidence, and |

|consideration of alternatives. |

|6.18A |7.18A |8.18A |

|Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write |(A)  establishes a clear thesis or position; |(A)  establishes a clear thesis or position; |

|persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or |(B)  considers and responds to the views of others |(B)  considers and responds to the views of others and|

|actions of a specific audience on specific |and anticipates and answers reader concerns and |anticipates and answers reader concerns and |

|issues. Students are expected to write |counter-arguments; and |counter-arguments; and |

|persuasive essays for appropriate audiences |(C)  includes evidence that is logically organized |(C)  includes evidence that is logically organized to |

|that establish a position and include sound |to support the author's viewpoint and that |support the author's viewpoint and that differentiates|

|reasoning, detailed and relevant evidence, and |differentiates between fact and opinion. |between fact and opinion. |

|consideration of alternatives. | | |

|Establish |Establish |Establish |

|A POSITION AND INCLUDE SOUND REASONING, |A CLEAR THESIS OR POSITION Thesis/Position - a |A CLEAR THESIS OR POSITION Thesis/Position - a |

|DETAILED AND RELEVANT EVIDENCE, AND |statement or premise supported by arguments. |statement or premise supported by arguments. |

|CONSIDERATIONS OF |In order to establish a clear thesis or position, a|n order to establish a clear thesis or position, a |

|ALTERNATIVES |statement must be composed. The statement declares |statement must be composed. The statement declares |

|Including, but not limited to: |what the author believes and what the author |what the author believes and what the author intends |

|• Sound reasoning - device to persuade readers |intends to prove. (This is the thesis or position |to prove. (This is the thesis or position statement.) |

|(e.g., examples, statistics, testimonials, |statement.) |Considers and responds to the views of others and |

|etc.) of the benefits of decisions or actions |Considers and responds to the views of others and |anticipates and answers readers concerns and |

|recommended |anticipates and answers readers concerns and |counterarguments. |

|• Relevant evidence - facts or thoughts that |counterarguments. |Consider, Respond |

|support the writer’s beliefs in order to sway |Consider, Respond |TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS |

|or change the reader's mind |TO THE VIEWS OF OTHERS |Anticipate, Answer |

|• Consideration of alternatives – the reasons |Anticipate, Answer |READER’S CONCERNS AND COUNTER ARGUMENTS |

|why the readers should be persuaded to consider|READER’S CONCERNS AND COUNTER ARGUMENTS |Counter argument - when the author turns against |

|the writer’s position, proposition, etc. |Counter argument - when the author turns against |his/her argument to challenge it and then turns back |

|• Persuasive essay - a short piece of writing |his/her argument to challenge it and then turns |to re-affirm it (It is an objection to the objection. |

|intended to convince the reader about an issue |back to re-affirm it (It is an objection to the |Used to strengthen the author’s position.) |

| |objection. Used to strengthen the author’s |organized to support the author’s viewpoint and that |

| |position.) |differentiates between fact and opinion. |

| |organized to support the author’s viewpoint and |Include |

| |that differentiates between fact and opinion. |EVIDENCE THAT IS LOGICALLY ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE |

| |Include |AUTHOR’S VIEWPOINTS AND |

| |EVIDENCE THAT IS LOGICALLY ORGANIZED TO SUPPORT THE|THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN FACT AND OPINION |

| |AUTHOR’S VIEWPOINTS AND THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN|Including, but not limited to: |

| |FACT AND OPINION |• Sound reasoning - (examples, |

| |Including, but not limited to: |statistics, and testimonials free of |

| |• Sound reasoning - (examples, |opinion) |

| |statistics, and testimonials free of |• Relevant evidence supported with facts |

| |opinion) | |

| |• Relevant evidence supported with facts | |

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