Assignment #6 Chapter 12 Persuasive Writing

Reading through this chapter, I realized that persuasion is happening in everyday life. This chapter explores the three ways to persuade, types of persuasive writing, and how to teach them. Three ways to persuade are about reason, emotion, character. The argument should not be distorted or concealed. Graphic organizers seem to be an effective mean to organize the idea. Diaz-Rico (2008) mentioned that “ graphic organizers present ideas visually” and “graphic organizers can also be used to help students focus their thoughts and reactions” (p.118). The types of persuasive writing contain persuasive posters, persuasive letters, persuasive essays.

In the stage of introducing persuasive writing, the students can talk their everyday life, and brainstorm, and collect the information from newspaper or posters (Tompkins. 2008. p.276). I like the procedures of persuasive essays (Tompkins. 2008. p. 278) which are introducing the topic, sharing examples, providing information, guiding practice, assessing learning. The author insisted that the process and the quality are the things to be assessed.

Reference:Tompkins, G. E. (2008). Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product. NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Diaz-Rico, L. (2008). Strategies for Teaching English Learners. California: Pearson Education, Inc.

Here are some interesting articles about this chapter.
http://www.orangeusd.k12.ca.us/yorba/persuasive_writing.htm

Response to Kyoung-Chun Kim:
He said Persuasive writing is the writing for the purpose of arguing logically, giving other points of view, and persuading others to change opinions or to do something. And instructor need to consider about students have different writing types and level. Thus, he suggest persuasive poster is for the low level, persuasive letter is for the middle level, and persuasive essay is for the high level.