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Open the Stone Cold page in your One. Note. Write the answers to this question: Imagine you have £ 1 million burning a hole in your pocket (you don’t need the money). How much would you give to each charity? Why? Be prepared to justify your answer. Oxfam (helping people in emergencies, mainly in poor areas) Water. Aid (providing clean water in developing countries like India and parts of Africa) Greenpeace (protecting the environment, rainforests etc) Shelter (helping homeless people in the UK) The Donkey Sanctuary (helping old, retired donkeys) Big. Ideas Scholarships (financial help for University students)

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Today’s lesson objectives: • Learn how to write in a persuasive way. • Research a charity and make a fact sheet about it.

Think of a sentence to persuade me to let you leave class early today

What language devices can be used to argue / persuade? • • Anecdotes Facts and statistics Opinions Rhetorical questions Experts Second person pronouns The rule of three

WRITING TO ARGUE When we write to argue, we use the mnemonic AFOREST to remind us of what criteria we have to use to achieve a good grade.

A IS FOR ANECDOTE Anecdotes are personal stories that you have. Real life examples are an effective way of ‘proving’ something to somebody. Just the other day, I saw Alice helping Tom with his French homework. He’s such a caring boy.

Your turn… • Write a short anecdote (at least three sentences) that helps to back up what you think about homeless people.

F is for Facts / Statistics Facts are items of information about your topic that are true – they can be proven and so nobody can argue with them! Eg. My son has never had a day off school in his life! My son John scored at least 90% in all of his end-of-term exams!

Your turn… • Write one ‘fact’ about homeless. Remember, a true fact cannot be disputed by anyone.

O IS FOR OPINION I believe that Mark will gain a distinction for his Geography project. Opinion is a personal point of view Well, I disagree. My son Alex has had to give him lots of help with it because he found it so difficult!

Your turn… • Write an opinion about homeless people. Opinions can be disputed by others.

R IS FOR RHETORICAL ? Rhetorical Questions make the reader think about your idea. They become involved with your argument, and you are beginning to win them over. Can anybody really argue that my daughter is the best student in the class?

Your turn… • Write a rhetorical question, with the intention of convincing others that we should help homeless people. You could begin in with: Do you really think…? Can you really argue…?

E IS FOR EXPERT . Make up your own expert! Eg. The maths teacher, Mr Smith, rang me personally to tell me that he felt Gemma was the best in the class at solving equations!

Your turn… • Provide an expert opinion about the homeless. This can be from someone who has been homeless, somebody who works for a charity helping the homeless or somebody else qualified to give a opinion.

S is for SECOND PERSON PRONOUNS You should think carefully about this!

• Write down something about homeless people that includes a second person pronoun. Example: You should… You must…

T IS FOR THE RULE OF THREE This is when you list things in threes in order to emphasise your point / make it more memorable. Eg. The tapas in Seville are cheap, tasty and sold everywhere.

Your turn… • Finally, use the rule of three to describe what life as a homeless person might be like.

When Writing to persuade/argue, use: A = AUDIENCE F = FACTS O = OPINION R = RHETORICAL QUESTIONS E = EXPERT S = STATISTICS

Write a 30 -second speech � Persuade the class to donate to, or help in some way, one of the charities from the starter. Remember persuasive device: �You have to donate to ____ because… � Emotional language (dying, suffering, without love etc) � Statistics (every 5 seconds, no money) 5 minutes � Rule of three (cold, hungry and desperate)

Research a homeless charity Make a powerpoint presentation on a homeless charity. Include: � Name, logo � History � What they do, how they help people � How they ask for donations � How they spend their money � An example of the work they do � Links for further information (social media etc) � Extension – write a short review of the charity – do they do good work? Would you donate? What could they do better? Their next project? etc

Today, I have learnt that. . . A key phrase I have learned today is. . . The part I would like to go over again is… 1 5 The hardest thing we have had to do was. . . 2 6 The most important thing I have learned today is. . . 3 4 7 8 The activity which most helped my learning was. . . Today, I have tried to. . . The most enjoyable activity was. . .

Homework: None today Next class: Modal verbs from grammar book

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Today’s lesson objectives: • Research a charity and make a fact sheet about it.

Research a homeless charity Make a powerpoint presentation on a homeless charity. Include: � Name, logo � History � What they do, how they help people � How they ask for donations � How they spend their money � An example of the work they do � Links for further information (social media etc) � Extension – write a short review of the charity – do they do good work? Would you donate? What could they do better? Their next project? etc