Persuasive Writing: Examine the Evidence Task

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Using evidence is a key persuasive writing strategy. Students will deepen their understanding of evidence in persuasive writing and how it is used as a writing technique.
 
Support students in grades 5 and 6 with this ready-to-print persuasive writing strategies task.
 
There are 5 reading passages with a unique persuasive writing topic. Each piece contains an example of evidence (Anecdotal, Testimonial, Statistical, Textual, Hypothetical).
 
The comprehensive template guides students through analysing and examining the evidence of each reading piece. Additionally, there is space for students to identify the main argument, the supporting evidence, and identify a specific type of evidence.
 
Furthermore, there is an anchor chart poster with examples and explanations of these types of evidence.
 

This resource includes:

  • What evidence is
  • Types of evidence in persuasive writing
  • 5 unique persuasive writing reading passages
  • Detailed tasks for students to analyse the reading passage

Students will:

  • Feel confident analysing a persuasive writing piece
  • Identify the evidence in the writing
  • Recognise different types of evidence
  • Understand how evidence strengthens an argument

Teachers will:

  • Have a useful anchor chart
  • Explicitly teach the types of evidence used in persuasive writing
  • Support students with an independent task
 
This resource is aligned with the Australian Curriculum. It is suitable for students in grades 5 and 6. This resource is a useful tool in supporting students with NAPLAN preparation and fostering success in general writing skills.
AC9E5LY06 plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal texts whose purposes may be imaginative, informative and persuasive, developing ideas using visual features, text structure appropriate to the topic and purpose, text connectives, expanded noun groups, specialist and technical vocabulary, and punctuation including dialogue punctuation 

AC9E5LA02 – understand how to move beyond making bare assertions by taking account of differing ideas or opinions and authoritative sources

 
***Please note, that all evidence included in the reading passages is fictional and not from legitimate sources. It is made up to expose students to persuasive writing techniques.

 

 

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