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Bushfires Wrecked My Holiday!
SecondaryYear 7 - 8EnglishEnvironmentalDisaster resilienceSustainability
Lesson Summary
Students will consider persuasive techniques and persuasive writing in letter form. They will read a short article from The Conversation about the convergence of bushfire and holiday seasons in Australia. Students will consider the presented opinion and reflect on this to formulate their own opinion. Next they will complete a set of activities to activate prior learning on persuasive techniques and will then apply their understanding of these techniques and the content of the article to plan, draft and edit a persuasive letter expressing their own point of view on this current issue.
This lesson is designed to be completed independently by students.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- recognise one way society could adapt to the impacts of changing climates
- understand different persuasive techniques and how these can be used to argue for and/or against an issue.
Success criteria
Students can:
- identify and apply various persuasive techniques
- read and reflect on a news article and formulate your own opinion on an issue
- write a persuasive letter that expresses your own opinion.
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