Persuasive Assignment Due Wednesday, December 12

Choose a topic. Take a stand. Create a persuasive document. Your published document can take the form of a letter, brochure, poster, speech, power point, script or other product. All documents must have a written component and MUST INCLUDE the following:

A strong introduction Three reasons in support of your position

Examples, facts, or opinions supporting each reason

Equivalent of five paragraphs

Introduction Reason 1 + Examples, facts, or opinions Reason 2 + Examples, facts, or opinions

 Reason 3 + Examples, facts, or opinions Conclusion

Attention to mechanics Name _____________________ Student # _______ HR _____

Or Grading Scale
I am convinced! 4 points I see your point! 3 points You grabbed readers attention and stated your stance. You included your reasons in the opening introduction. You may be right? 2 points You were not able to grab the readers attention and did not clearly state your stance. You included your reason in the opening introduction, but they do not clearly relate to your stance. You have two main reasons along with inconsistent examples, facts, and/or opinions supporting them. You swayed

Introduction

Arguments/ Examples

You grabbed readers attention and stated your stance. You transitioned nicely between attention grabber and your opinion. You included your reasons in the opening introduction. You have three convincing main reasons along with multiple examples, facts, and/or opinions supporting each one.

I am not convinced 1 point There is no evident introduction.

You have three convincing main reasons along with some examples, facts, and/or opinions supporting each one.

You have three main reasons with little or no examples, opinions or facts to support them. You did not stay on topic.

Paragraphs

You stayed on topic the entire time. You wrote the equivalent of five well developed paragraphs. You have 0-3 mistakes in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation.

You stayed on topic the entire time. You wrote the equivalent of four well developed paragraphs. You have 4-6 mistakes in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation.

form the topic at times. You wrote the equivalent of three paragraphs. You did not write using paragraphs or the equivalent of. You have >10 mistakes in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation.

Mechanics

You have 7-10 mistakes in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation.