Informative writing is writing to well, inform. It can be in the newspaper, a technical manual, the manual for your newest game. Instructions are also informative- the assembly sheets for your new entertainment center, and recipes found in a cookbook. Road maps and the paper you get with medications count as well. Hey, this is too!
Persuasive writing is done to convince an audience. Whether it be to sell your product or to try to get people to not buy a certain product. It is also used to try to change their view or opinion of you, the candidate, or whatever special interest you may be vying for.
Since I will be a Science teacher in a High School, it would be somewhat difficult to incorporate writing into my curriculum.
I could have the students research signifigant people in the field of science and write a short report on their findings as a acitivity for informative writing.
As for the persuasive writing, I could adapt an activity I saw in the middle school. I would have the students work in groups of three or four to create a brochure about their favorite element from the Periodic Table, convincing the others why it is the best.
I love the idea you have for persuasive writing by using the periodic table! As an idea for informative writing, maybe you can have the students choose a branch of science, biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy and have them create a brochure explaining what that specific branch of science is about, how it as evolved over time,and how it is used in the modern world.
ReplyDeleteMatthew, i love the idea of the element. it will get the students interested in learning facts about them. As for the informative writing, you can have the students write a newsletter where they may write facts about different species where the student can inform the audience about that certain species. You may also have them write about recent discoveries that will enable them list facts and changes through out the years.
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