Term 4 Persuasive Writing Assessment 2 Year 5
Should Students Participate in Community Service? Take a position on this topic and write an essay to persuade readers to agree with your position on whether students should participate in community service. Community service is one way that volunteers can get involved in their community. Think about your own opinion. Does it really help people, animals or the environment? Is this a good use of your time? Or should people focus on work that makes money? Does community service work teach people anything? Do you think people are already too busy to find the time for community service? Before you write: Think about your position. Think about your reasons or appeals. Organise your reasons or appeals in the planning chart. When you write: Explain your position. Use reasons or appeals that would convince others. Summarise your position. While you write, remember to: Capitalise your title, any proper nouns and the beginning of each sentence. Use ending punctuation and commas, as needed. Use correct spelling. Use transitions between ideas and paragraphs. Use a variety of sentence types. Year 5, Writing Assessment 2 1
Details Persuasive Position What do you think or feel about this topic? What reason can you give to support your position? Appeals What reason can you give to support your position? What reason can you give to support your position? Summary Restate your position and summarise your appeals. Year 5, Writing Assessment 2 2
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Should Students Participate in Community Service? Revise your persuasive text Year 5 Editing Standards Capitalisation Punctuation Spelling Verbs & Pronouns Sentence Types Titles The pronoun I Proper nouns Beginning of a sentence End of sentence (.!?) Quotation marks Apostrophes Contractions High-frequency words Regular and irregular nouns Double consonants Relevant verb tense Subject-verb agreement Pronouns Compound sentences Complex sentences Year 4, Assessment 2 5
Presentation of Your Writing Assessment Now that you have written your persuasive text on the topic of Should Students Participate in Community Service, you need to present it to the class. Presenting often goes with writing. Your teacher will give you time to gather illustrations and rehearse. Your teacher will then schedule your presentation time. Be sure to be ready! To present or deliver your presentation, use the skills in the Presenter Checklist. Rehearse your presentation a few times with a partner or in front of a mirror. While you present, the audience will listen, take notes and give feedback using the Audience Checklist. Presenter Checklist Rate Yourself 1. Use a loud and clear voice Still learning Sometimes Yes 2. Look at the audience often Still learning Sometimes Yes 3. Give multiple reasons Still learning Sometimes Yes 4. Show illustrations or pictures Still learning Sometimes Yes 5. Give a strong summary at the end Still learning Sometimes Yes 6. Answer questions from the audience Still learning Sometimes Yes I need to work on Audience Checklist Rate the Presenter 1. Had a loud and clear voice Still learning Sometimes Yes 2. Looked at the audience often Still learning Sometimes Yes 3. Gave multiple reasons Still learning Sometimes Yes 4. Showed illustrations or pictures Still learning Sometimes Yes 5. Gave a strong summary at the end Still learning Sometimes Yes 6. Answered questions from the audience Still learning Sometimes Yes The presenter needs to work on I liked the presentation because My Notes: Title of the text: Position of the Writer: What was one reason? What was a 2 nd reason? What was a 3 rd reason? Did the presenter persuade you to his/her position? Why or why not? Year 5, Writing Assessment 2 6
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