Over the next couple of weeks, I will be teaching my grade two students how to write persuasive paragraphs using the format of a topic sentence, three sentences to support the point of view, and a concluding sentence. I use the analogy of a hamburger: the bun pieces are the introduction and concluding sentences and the "meat and toppings" are the reasons for thinking that way. As always, before getting to any independent writing, we will spend time orally practicing how to support our points of view and writing many examples of persuasive paragraphs together as a whole group.
Tomorrow, March 24, community resident Mark Sutcliffe will be running 50km across Ottawa in an effort to raise $50K for United Way. You can read more about it here:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/sutcliffe-chases-goal-of-50-km-run-for-50000-united-way-donation We will take a short break from our persuasive paragraph discussions to help cheer him on tomorrow morning as he passes by our school.
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