IB English B TEXT TYPES SKILLS SUPPORT: How to PERSUADE Your Reader LISTENING LESSON

TEXT TYPE SKILLS SUPPORT LISTENING LESSON: How to PERSUADE your reader.

(60 minutes)

This lesson supports the writing of the following text types: Opinion Columns, Speeches, Brochures, Advertisements, Argumentative Essays, Proposals.

Resources:

1. No-prep, ready-made SLIDESHOW

2. Student WORKBOOK

3. Student Workbook ANSWER KEY

4. Audio Track

Lesson Outcome:

By the end of this lesson, your students will have learned about 14 effective PERSUASIVE writing tools.

Activities:

1. Activity 1 PRE-LISTENING TASK STARTER: to write 3 things they already know about persuasive techniques.

2. Activity 2 LISTENING TASK: to capture specific details (techniques and examples) relating to 14 persuasive writing tools.

(Please note: this is not a listening test; it does not have the same rigour and level of difficulty as a listening exam. Its purpose is to teach students about writing effective hooks.)

1. Activity 3 AGREE TASK: to share and agree on the notes that should have been made.

2. Activity 4: NOTE-MAKING TASKS: to use the acronym FLATTERY to collate notes about the 14 techniques.

3. Activity 5: PLENARY: to add 5 more notes to their pre-listening starter page.

4. HOMEWORK: To research the internet for persuasive techniques not learned in today’s lesson.

Apart from the need to print workbooks and a few bits of admin, this lesson is LOW-TO-NO-PREP, INSTANTLY-USABLE.

(You just need to run through the slideshow to familiarise yourself with the lesson elements and to print resource materials.)

You can use this resource as a standalone lesson, or combine it with the other HOW TO WRITE EFFECTIVE HOOKS lesson:

· WRITING LESSON:

In this lesson, students MATCH 14 persuasive techniques with their specific examples. Then, using a prompt, they PRACTISE creating examples of each of the persuasive techniques.