Promoting Writing in the Primary Grades

 Hi Everyone!  Welcome back to another week of blogging. This week we are going to talk about  Persuasive Writing When I think of the word persuasive, another word, persuade comes to mind. But what does it mean to persuade? To persuade means to cause someone to do or believe something through reasoning or argument. Thus, persuasive writing involves writers presenting an argument that convinces or sways readers to the writer's viewpoint or convinces the reader to take action.  To do this, writers:  use an attention grabber to do just what the name suggests - grab the attention of the readers. state a clear position - tell the readers their point of view. support their viewpoint with facts, examples and other evidence.  addresses alternative positions - acknowledge that their are other viewpoints.  refute counterarguments summarize their arguments and make an appeal to the readers Just like any other type of writing, a persuasive piece has a beginning ,...

  Hey yall! Join us this week as we clown about! 🤣                                    This week our aim is to PERSUADE you to join our Circus.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Ask yourself, What is persuasion? Have you formulated an answer as yet? Read the picture below and see if you definition matches.  In this week's blog we will introduce to you the Circus of Persuasion. At this Circus we use various techniques to convince persons in joining our circus. We will also discuss how writers and sellers promote, sell and encourage their readers and customers to read or buy their products.  How can writers persuade their audience? An audience can be persuaded in three ways.  First Appeal: Reasoning A writer can persuade his/her audience through reasoning. The writer must have a reaso...

 HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!  I AM BACK WITH ANOTHER GENRE......... Persuasion   is a necessary component of daily living. Consider the preceding image. Both teachers and parents, occasionally have concerns about children's persuasive skills as they argue to stay up beyond their bedtimes or plead for no schoolwork. The above is a letter from Williams to his parents expressing his desire for a "Chocolate Lab." He even argued his reasons for desiring a Chocolate Lab. In a nutshell, our youngsters are capable of compelling writing!! Persuasive writing is a written version of a verbal debate that can be a lot of fun and intriguing for students. It is  used to persuade or convince a reader that the writer is correct about a subject or cause. Here are some characteristics of persuasive writing Writers employ a "hook" to pique readers' interest. The writers take a clear position. The writers support their arguments with facts, examples, and other evidence. The writers dis...

  Welcome Back To This Week's Blog!  So of course we took off a week to gather our thoughts but - big BUT- there is a whole lot I have to share with you this week.  I am sure by now you have guessed this week's topic by our picture above. If you have guessed EXPOSITORY WRITING, you have indeed guessed right! WHAT IS EXPOSITORY WRITING? Expository Writing is another writing genre.  According to, Purdue-owl (2021), expository writing  is   the investigation of an idea,  the expansion of the idea and  the description or explanation of an argument within the idea chosen.  CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPOSITORY TEXT STRUCTURES Writers   focuses on a single topic. apply expository text structures to organize their writing. introduces the topic. present information through topic sentences, and supporting and specific details. use transitional words so that their writing may flow smoothly. EXPOSITORY STRUCTURES Expository pieces are written to: 1. C...

  Hi friends I missed you last week... I am so happy to be writing another blog post.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you read the title, you would know that it is all about the exciting world of  EXPOSITORY WRITING.  Yay! 😊😊 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Baking a cake is so easy but yet some persons still manage to make mistakes and mess it up. I am going to show you some simple steps to follow to have your cake nice and moist." I'm sure you have read similar pieces or maybe you yourself have had to a write similar piece. Just know that you are not alone. This is called expository writing.  - Expository Writing is writing that exposes facts. Unlike Narrative Writing, it is more educational and us...

  GENRE: EXPOSITORY WRITING HI EVERYONE!! HAPPY FRIDAY!!! I AM BACK WITH ANOTHER BLOG POST AND OUR TOPIC WILL BE EXPOSITORY WRITING. 😊😁 When I first heard the term expository writing, the word essay immediately came to mind. However, during this week's class, I had a discovery about expository writing. Moreover, expository writing It is not limited to essays but may include include projects, journals, compositions, and magazine articles. Expository writing is a type of writing that utilizes factual information to convey knowledge about the topic.  Nonfiction writers employ a pattern known as expository structure to organize their work in a variety of ways. Five commonly utilized patterns are: description, sequence, comparison, cause and effect, and problem and solution. Description- authors describe a topic by listing its characteristics, features, and examples. The phrases "for instance" and "characteristics" serve as cues for this structure. Sequence- wr...