Persuasive Writing

Persuasive writing can be difficult for students based off a student’s personality. If a student is a people pleaser, non-confrontational, or timid they may have a hard time writing an essay that’s sole purpose is to change someone else’s mind. A student who is a people please will always want to do what the other person wants. A persuasive essay is asking the student to do the exact opposite of what they wish. I am not saying it is always good for a student to be a people pleaser but I am suggesting a writing assignment may not be the appropriate time to address this character trait. Similarly are non-confrontational students. These students may not be people pleasers but they are still not a fan of disagreement. If the introduction to persuasive …show more content…
Persuasive writing is formatted in such a structured way students rarely are given the opportunity to try to something new. Students are supposed to follow the main argument followed by three supporting details for every paragraph. Even the intro is constructed the same way. Often persuasive writing comes with an assigned topic forcing the student to write about something they may not even have an opinion on. Persuasive writing allowing the student to choose their topic permits a little more creativity but students are still held to the strict formatting. The last bit of creativity persuasive writing limits is the freedom of opinion. Students must either agree or disagree with their topic. In order to be an effective persuasive essay students most only have a one sided view. The other side can be addressed but only for a …show more content…
I really enjoyed it but felt a need to take the audience into account for this first time since I began this project. Since this piece of writing was so personal I felt a strong connection towards the piece. I was really engaged and did not want to stop writing. Even though the format was structured, I got to choose what I wrote about and what I wanted to include or didn’t include in my story. I again went over the page limit I initially set for myself. I think most fourth graders would find this assignment engaging especially if they are taught to make an outline first. This assignment can become hard if the students are unsure what story they want to tell and how they will tell it. I think fourth grade is a great place to include this assignment and the balance of structure and free choice work