Persuasive Writing Project (TV Show Tasting)

This persuasive writing project is a viewing comprehension activity with an engaging media literacy component to engage and motivate your ESL/ELA learners. Students will "taste" the first episode of a few TV shows and will gather relevant and accurate information to show their understanding and to carry out the culminating task. Learners will create a media product using appropriate persuasive writing techniques. This resource can be used as a standalone project or as an extension activity to polish up learners' persuasion skills.

⭐The downloaded file includes:

• Viewing Comprehension Booklet
• Final Project Booklet
• Read It First (Teacher Directions) document 

Please note that this resource does not come in paperless option, but you can import the PPT file into a Google Slides™ and add text boxes if you wish to use it in your Google Classroom™.

Be advised that this document is NOT EDITABLE.

⭐This resource contains:

Viewing Comprehension Booklet

• Instructions
• Assessment grid to evaluate students’ understanding of texts (viewing comprehension).
• Graphic organizers (Note-taking worksheets while watching the episodes: before viewing, while viewing and after viewing sections.)

Final Project Booklet

• Instructions
• The Art of Persuasion – short overview of the main characteristics (persuasive writing – definition and persuasive writing techniques: logos, pathos, ethos)
• Project rubric #1 – Written media type (editorial for a teen magazine or blog post)
• Project rubric #2 – Audiovisual media type (vlog, video, speech/presentation with visual support)
• The assessment rubrics are note editable.

The assessment rubric has been designed to be used in grade 10-11 ESL classes. The evaluation grid has two components: C2 - Reinvestment of Understanding of Texts (Using and organizing information from texts to produce a media product.) and C3 - Writing and Producing Texts (Writing Skills: Content and Formulation of the message).

If you teach ELA learners, feel free to use your own rubrics that target more specific Common Core Standards.

⭐This document has been designed for Grade 10-11 ESL learners, upper-intermediate and advanced levels. However, it might be useful for ESL/ELA students below or above these grade levels.

⭐Use this project booklet as:

• individual or group project
• extension activity when teaching persuasive writing
• assignment for extra credit

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