Second Grade

Persuasive Writing

Around the holiday season Clow 2nd graders write their first persuasive paper. Some of them are trying to persuade you to come to their houses for the holidays and some are trying to persuade Santa to believe they have been good. We all learned to attach pictures to our work, center typed text, underline titles, and so much more!

Following are the product standards, the rubric (grading/assessment tool), and a few quality student products. The question Clow children ask is,

"Is this good enough to put my name on it?!?"

Type of Writing: Persuasive

Purpose: Give the reader good reasons to agree with you.

Examples:

	Advertisements
	Letters to Persuade or Convince

What Makes It Good?

	good opening that clearly states position
	3 good reasons
	conclusion paragraph
	use transitions
	do not beg, whine or bribe

Product Standards for Persuasive Paragraph

Title

	centered
	underlined
	schoolslant font
	size 24
	important words capitalized

Name

	written underneath title
	written after the word “By:”
	first and last name capitalized
	spelled correctly

Writing

	indented
	topic sentence
	3 good reasons
	conclusion sentence
	correct capitalization
	correct mechanics
	correct grammar

Rubric for Persuasive Paragraph

Title
    centered
    underlined
    schoolslant font
    size 24
    important words capitalized

Name
    written underneath title
    written after the word “By:”
    first and last name capitalized
    spelled correctly

Writing
    indented
    topic sentence
    3 good reasons
    best reason last
    conclusion sentence
    correct capitalization
    correct mechanics
    correct grammar

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