Lesson Plan

Day: Wednesday Date: 27/3/2019 Time: 8:45 Year: 9

Learning Area: English Topic: Persuasive speech writing (body paragraphs)
Curriculum content description: Understand that authors innovate with text structures and language for
specific purposes and effects (ACELA1553).
Use interaction skills to present and discuss an idea and to influence and engage an audience by selecting
persuasive language, varying voice tone, pitch, and pace, and using elements such as music and sound
effects (ACELY1811).

Students’ prior knowledge and experience:

- Looked at persuasive techniques.
- Brainstormed social issues
- Begun work on introductions.
- Watched speeches (‘I Have a Dream’ and ‘Freedom or Death.’)
- Written examples of persuasive techniques.
- Reviewed ‘The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes) and completed a speech analysis.
Learning purpose: To understand how to write an effective persuasive argument and incorporate
persuasive techniques to strengthen the argument.

Learning objectives: Evaluation:

On completion of this lesson, students will be able to: Students peer mark and give each other feedback
Write engaging body paragraphs using persuasive on their developing arguments.
techniques in response to their chosen social issue. - Give them a feedback template

Preparation and Resources:

Stationary.
Notebooks.
Planning booklets (for their task.)
Timing: Learning Experiences:

Introduction:
Students in and reading silently for 15 minutes.
15 mins

During the Need to finish approving social issues.

beginning of the
class.
Recap definition of a ‘social issue.’

Students will spend the lesson researching their chosen social issue.
- Put them in pairs to share any Macbooks they may have.
- If they don’t have a Macbook or iPad they can use their phones.
- If students are unhappy with the amount of research they have done, they are
welcome to take the workbook home with them to continue their research.
- THEY MUST BRING IT TO SCHOOL FOR THE NEXT LESSON
 Management of behaviour:
Low key strategies such as proximity and eye contact throughout the lesson.
Calling on students by name.
I will also be sure to remind the louder students to be respectful of their classmates and
try and select quieter students for their input.
Move students if they are being too loud or disruptive.

Lesson Evaluation:
(Reflect on the lesson. What worked? What did not work? What would you change? Why? How?)