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 Curriculum Connection: Persuasive Writing
Artworks:
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Artists:
Jacob Lawrence (2,4)
Diego Rivera (5)
John George Brown (1)
Man Ray (3)
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Routines:
 What makes you say that?
Claim/Support/Question
Possible Activities:
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The reasoning routines are good place to start for persuasive writing. Try the What makes you say that? routine with any of the following images, or use an image that you already have. Begin a group discussion by using the routine to explore ad talk about the work. Ask students to back up their interpretations with evidence, and try to make your student?s thinking visible on the board or chart paper.
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After you have had a chance to explore the work a little bit together, give students time to think about the ideas that were brought up in the discussion. Ask them to make a claim about the work and write about the evidence they see in the image that supports this claim. If possible, ask them to think write about what might challenge or question that claim-- encourage them to think about the counter evidence, or the other side to the story and address that in their writing, too. |
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It may help students to get organized in their writing by first making a list of ideas that support the claim, and a list of ideas that question the claim. Scaffold the writing part as necessary but encourage students to elaborate their ideas, and make students? thinking visible. It?s possible to create a chart for the class that shows various supports and questions for each claim. |
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