Writing folder 9 Student’s book pages 140-141 Persuasive writing 1 The aim heres to show that many types of writing requested in the Writing test (Paper 2) include an element of persuasion. Discuss the first one asa class and then students complete the exercise in pairs. 2. Discuss this with the class as a whole. Point out that ‘each pair of sentences relates to the task of the same umber in 1. They will need to look to the task to think about what is suitable for the audience. Answers’ ° 4 aisbetteras, argumenton a serious topic. 2 2 bisbetter~it aves far more infor and pine feasoned. | > r 4 bisbetteras Z = alge rovties saison icasoetor apg aa theob. “gai better as t makes 2 practical suggestion rather than. bbeing rude abiout people who do not take the approach recommended as rudeness is likely t6 antagonisereadets, |! alsbettr as texans things using more interesting vocabulary and strictures. : 6 als better because It Is more polle and I offering a constructive suggestion rather than being negative." This task draws students’ attention to the importance of planning a piece of writing. Accept any logicat order suggested by students. This task will help students to identify the key parts of the question and to organise their ideas. ‘Students discuss the questions in pairs. Explain how you would like students to edit each other's first drafts, Go through the correction codes and give an example of each one if necessary. Students write thelr first draft. They can do this in palrs if you think they need extra help. Put students in pairs to read each other's work. Give them a chance to go through the drafts and suggest corrections, The final version could be set for homework if time is short,