Inform, Entertain, or Persuade?

To explain to lower elementary students how germs spread

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• Entertain
• Persuade 

A story you are writing to tell a fellow teenager about the time you supposedly saw bigfoot

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• Entertain
• Persuade 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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CCSS.RI.7.9

To tell your parents about the events that led to you getting a C-

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• Entertain
• Persuade 

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CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

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A letter to a high school principal suggesting a rule change

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• Persuade 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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An editorial about gun control aimed (no pun intended) at young voters  

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• Persuade

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

A newspaper article about North Korea

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• Persuade

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

A facebook status with reasons why a high school student should pick Fairbury over Meridian 

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• Persuade

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

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CCSS.RI.7.6

An “FHS freshman survival guide” that is actually meant to amuse the rest of the student body

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• Persuade

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

A paragraph giving reasons why fast-food workers should wash their hands before returning to work. 

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• Persuade 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

A visitor’s guide describing interesting places to visit in Jefferson County

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• Persuade

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6