Today in Class

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Today in class, we practiced identifying the "naysayers" in persuasive writing.  Even though persuasive writing isn't exactly like a debate, where you have your opponent sitting physically across from you, it kind of is!  Only in a persuasive essay, your opponent doesn't identify himself, you must identify him.  Sometimes, the hardest part of writing a good argument is figuring out who the disagree-ers are.

Who would disagree with the

Dear Mom, I want to drive a new BMW when I turn 16    ?


How about the

Middle school students should not have a curfew     ?


After we practiced identifying all the possible opponents, we began writing our first persuasive essay together.  We'll work on that more on Monday (Checkpoints pre-test and quiz tomorrow).