PERSUASIVE TEXTS

LESSON 13
 COMPONENT 1

Q1. What’s the purpose of an information

report? Give an example.
Q2. What’s the purpose of an instructional
(or procedural) text? Give an example.
Q3. What’s the purpose of an explanation?
Give an example.
This week we are going to turn our
attention to a different type of text – texts
that use information to persuade us to think
or behave in certain ways.
Have you ever wondered why ads make
you really want to buy or try something?
How can you convince someone to do
something?
This week we are going to learn about how
words are used to convince people to
believe something, or to persuade them to
do take certain actions.
LANGUAGE PRACTICE
 VOCABULARY

• sluggish
• glucose
• mental performance
• silog
• pan de sal
• ensaymada
• arroz caldo
• champorado
• daily nutritional requirements
 • SLUGGISH
(Lacking Energy or Alertness)
 • GLUCOSE
(The Main Type of Sugar in the Blood and the Major Source
of Energy for the Body's Cells)
 MENTAL PERFORMANCE
(How Well You Use Your Thinking Processes like Knowing, Learning,
Understanding and Remembering Things)
 SILOG
(Filipino Breakfast Dishes Comprised of Meat,
Garlic Rice, and a Fried Egg)
 PAN DE SAL
(Soft Filipino Bread Rolls made with Flour, Yeast, Salt,
Sugar, and Oil)
 ENSAYMADA
(Filipino Brioche Roll made with Butter and topped with Buttercream,
Sugar, and Grated Cheese)
 ARROZ CALDO
(Rice Porridge made with Boiled Glutinous Rice seasoned
with Garlic, Ginger, and Salt)
 CHAMPORADO
(A Thick Rice Porridge made with Boiled Glutinous Rice
and Chocolate)
 DAILY NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
(Different Foods You Need Each Day to Stay Healthy)