Communication
8.3 a) The student will evaluate the persuasive/informational technique being used in nonprint media including television, radio, video and Internet.
c) Use media and visual literacy skills to to create products that express new understandings.
d) evaluate sources for relationships between intent and factual content.

Reading
8.6 a) draw on background knowledge and knowledge of text structures to understand selections.
c) analyze author's qualifications, viewpoint and impact
f) differentiate between fact and opinion
g) identify the main idea
l) use strategies to monitor comprehension throughout the reading process

Writing
8.7 a) identify intended audience
d) organize details to elaborate the central idea and provide unity
e) select specific vocabulary and information for audience and purpose
h) use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit and publish writing.

Research
8.9 a) collect and synthesize information from multiple sources include online, print and media.
b) evaluate the validity and authenticity of texts.
d) make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting ideas, conflicting information, point of view or bias.

what does it mean to try and persuade someone?

What are effective methods for persuading others to our points of view?

how can we tell when someone is trying to persuade us?

Are there times when someone or something is trying to persuade us that we don't recognize?

debates regarding topics relevant to student's lives

Hooks

Students will be asked to draw on their knowledge of having experienced forms of persuasion in the past as well as their experienes writing persuasive essays and attempting to persuade their peers.