Transcript Analyzing Different Viewpoints Lesson

Analyzing Different
Viewpoints
Persuasive Writing
Grade 4 – Language Arts
Mr. Luvera
Goals of Persuasive
Writing
• Bring an “undecided” audience around to the
writer’s point of view
• Convince an audience with an opinion
contrary to the writer’s to “switch sides”
Stating Opinions
• Different people may look at the same
situation in different ways.
• There may be a lot of different opinions on
the same subject.
TASK
• Develop a paragraph presenting the YES
and NO sides.
Writing guidelines:
• The topic sentence rewords the original
question to make it a statement.
• The follow-up sentences state the pro
and con reasons objectively.
Students have different opinions about whether our
school cafeteria should have snack and soda machines.
Many students feel that the machines are necessary for
kids who get hungry in the middle of the afternoon or for
kids who don’t like cafeteria lunches. Pro-machine
students also think that school visitors would appreciate
the machines. However, many other students are against
having vending machines in the school. These students
note that the snacks and sodas are not nutritional, have a
lot of sugar in them, and are very expensive. Anti-machine
students also feel that vending machines are a possible
source of litter around our school.
CRITERIA
• Is the issue stated clearly in the
first sentence?
• Are the pro and con positions stated
clearly and given “equal time”?
• Is the paragraph objective? That is,
does it avoid telling what side of the
argument the writers favor?