Tag: persuasive essay

• iPads vs. Textbooks

  An essay written by a fifth grader IPads Vs Textbooks by Anisha             Textbooks have become a nuisance for students and school districts across the nation. As technology advances, learning has become more efficient, and children have become more accustomed to devices like iPads. Some school district officials think that textbooks are the way to…

  Linda Ulleseit

  February 6, 2014

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• Daily Persuasion

  When teaching students to write persuasively (which Common Core now calls Argument), it’s important for them to realize that they encounter the art of persuasion every day. After all, persuasion is nothing more than influencing someone else. In ancient Greece, Aristotle wrote abut how to persuade others. Three hundred years later, in Rome, Cicero wrote…

  Linda Ulleseit

  February 26, 2012

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• Know Your Audience

  Persuasive writing can be hard for students for a number of reasons, but one of the toughest is learning to address their words to the right person. Let’s face it. Thinking adults know that whining and stamping your foot will not work if you are asking the president for tax reform, although some politicians continue…

  Linda Ulleseit

  January 7, 2012

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