Persuasive writing: What can writing in family message journals do for students?
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A lesson plan for grades 1–2 English Language Arts
This ReadWriteThink lesson shows children how they can use daily journal communication with families to serve their needs. By involving children in writing several messages with varied purposes, each related to school activities, this lesson helps students discover the power of writing to serve their needs and helps children work at making their messages clearer and more persuasive.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
- clarifying purposes for engaging in communication.
- using clear and precise language to paraphrase messages.
- engaging in more extended oral discussions.
- producing written products.
- completing graphic organizers.
- Objective 4.06: Compose a variety of products (e.g., stories, journal entries, letters, response logs, simple poems, oral retellings).
- Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
Grade 2
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.06: Plan and make judgments about what to include in written products (e.g., narratives of personal experiences, creative stories, skits based on familiar stories and/or experiences).
