Title: Persuasive Writing - MS ELA

This course has students working in groups to do research in order to prepare arguments for a persuasive writing essay. Once the essays are written and submitted the students will use the Workshop feature of Moodle to assess the essays of other students.

Role: Student — Students generally have fewer privileges within a course.

Section 1
  This glossary contains vocabulary used in explain...
  Persuasive Writing Vocabulary Words
  This crossword puzzle contains terms related to p...
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  Developers
Section 2
  In persuasive writing you must choose a position ...
  In class you read and discussed two persuasive wr...
  Should Marine Mammals be in Captivity?
  Marine Animals in Captivity
Section 3
  When writing to persuade someone to change his or...
  Click on the link below to launch an interactive ...
  Scholastic Mini Lessons-Transitional Words & Supporting Examples
  Click on the links below to launch interactive ac...
  Practice Identifying Arguments
  Opinions & Supporting Statements
  Writing an Opinion Statement
Section 4
  In class you have been learning about the use of ...
  Read the following articles about Marion Jones, ...
  Olympic Star Disgraced
  IOC, track officials acting now to erase all things Jones
  Jones' relay teammate thinks she should keep her 2000 medal
  Marion Jones had all of the medals she won at the...
  "Teammates Medals" Forum
Section 5
  In class you were given a copy of the "Persuasive...
  Persuasive Essay Outline
  Persuasive Essay Rubric
  No Gum Chewing in School!
Section 6
  Read through each of the "Persuasive Topic S...
  "Persuasive Topic Scenarios" Forum
  Choose a Topic
Section 7
  In class you learned about evaluating informati...
  Evaluating Information
  Use this tutorial to learn more about identifying...
  Tutorial - Who is the Author of the Website
  Work through this interactive program to hone you...
  Evaluating Websites - Who is the Author?
  Use this tutorial to learn more about identifying...
  Tutorial - Who is the Publisher of the Website?
  Work through this interactive program to home your...
  Who is the Publisher of the Website?
  Use this tutorial to learn about how websites tha...
  Tutorial - Who Links to this Website?
  Work through this interactive program to practice ...
  Who Links to this Page?
  Citing Sources
  Citations are necessary because they provide info...
  Son of Citation Machine
  NoodleBib Express
  Taking Notes
  Click on the link below to open a document about ...
  Three Types of Notecards
Section 8
  The Persuasive Topics Forum contains the topic sc...
  "Researching the Persuasive Topics" Forum
Section 9
  Learn how a Moodle Workshop works! You will wo...
  Practice Workshop
Section 10
  In this workshop you will be reviewing three pers...
  "Peer Review of Persuasive Essays" Workshop
Section 11
  Click the link below and then use the "Brows...
  Persuasive Essay - Final Version
Section 12
  Which issue/topic do you think our Principal will ...
  "Solving Our Issues" Forum
Section 13
Section 14