WRITING WORKSHOP PERSUASION PARAGRAPH WHAT DO YOU THINK

WRITING WORKSHOP: PERSUASION PARAGRAPH WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IMPORTANT DETAILS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING … This will be your rubric: Topic sentence: “A sentence, sometimes at the beginning of a paragraph, that states or suggests the main idea (or topic) of a passage. ” 5 -7 sentences: This paragraph needs to be “meaty, ” incorporating various types of sentences. Use of transitions to smoothly move from one idea to the next. Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and typed You may write in first person. Concluding sentence: wraps up your paragraph Due February 3, turned in, in a 3 -brad folder

TOPICS TO CHOOSE FROM: Choose one of the topics below OR see me about an idea of your own: you must have my approval. Why a Christian should vote Importance of learning a good work ethic as a teen Self-government/discipline Eating Technology Respect for authority Abstinence Importance of keeping your word How a teen can redeem the time The benefit of being taught both creation and evolution in a school A presidential candidate should have served in the military

PUBLISHING These paragraphs will be used in a number of possible ways: Some will be put into our school newspaper. Some will be submitted into the Editorial section of the Greenville News. Some will be entered on online venues. Why? Christians should have a VOICE … and writing is one of the best ways to do this.

WORDS MATTER The wisest people I know are not usually talkers. Sure, they communicate and usually very well, but their words are few—they refrain their lips. This is a biblical truth: “He that refraineth his lips is wise. ” If “death and life are in the power of the tongue, ” why do I so frequently speak without thinking? I can’t go through life without speaking; instead, I need to be selective with my words and comments … choosing to build up instead of tearing down … letting the secret or gossip die with me instead of fanning the fire. My desire? To make the Gospel attractive by my wise, encouraging words.