Lesson Plan

Day: Friday Date: 22/3/2019 Time: 12:35 Year: 9

Learning Area: English Topic: Persuasive Techniques

Curriculum content description: ACELA1553: Understand that authors innovate with text structures
and language for specific purposes and effects.
ACELY1740: Listen to spoken texts constructed for different purposes, for example to entertain and to
persuade, and analyse how language features of these texts position listeners to respond in particular ways .
ACELY1811: Use interaction skills to present and discuss an idea and to influence and engage an audience by
selecting persuasive language, varying voice tone, pitch, and pace, and using elements such as music and
sound effects.
ACELY1744: Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse texts, comparing and evaluating
representations of an event, issue, situation or character in different texts.
Students’ prior knowledge and experience:
We have looked at contentions and have started looking at persuasive techniques, working through the
worksheet and having students fill in their own examples and explain them.
Learning purpose: to continue with persuasive techniques to ensure students understand what each
technique is.

Learning objectives: Evaluation:

On completion of this lesson, students will be able to: A completed worksheet with student’s own
Students will be able to understand persuasive technique examples.
and provide their own examples.

Preparation and Resources:

Worksheets. Make sure that they have their worksheets from last lesson and spares prepared just in case.
Stationary.
Mindmeister presentation.
Laptop and video prepared for speech.
Timing: Learning Experiences:

2-3 mins Introduction:

Welcome students into class and inform them of the day.

15 mins 10 mins silent reading

Spelling test.

1-2 mins
Sequence of learning:
Refresher of contention, anecdotal evidence, alliteration, hyperbole, and metaphors.
28 mins (3-4 mins
Mindmeister presentation to complete techniques (7 more to get through;
per technique)
metaphors, repetition, expert opinion, rhetorical questions, simile, emotive appeals,
inclusive language).
- Students will need time between each to write their own example.

8:25 mins
Watch video ‘The Girl Who Stopped the World for Five Minutes’. Students will use
this in the next lesson to complete a speech analysis worksheet.
 Management of behaviour:
As per what I have observed, asking students to be quiet by name and by stopping
and looking at them. Moving them if they continue to talk.
I have found these techniques to be somewhat effective, but I will also be sure to
remind the louder students to be respectful of their classmates and try and select
quieter students for their input into discussions as per the feedback I received on my
previous lesson.

Lesson conclusion:
We will do a quick run through of all the techniques addressed in class to check for
understanding and let students know what will happen next lesson.

Lesson Evaluation:
I ran over time going through the persuasive techniques with the class and was unable to show them the
video for the next lesson. The spelling test limited my ability to complete my full lesson as I was not aware of
it until the morning of. I need to be able to think on my feet better and adapt my lessons in order to account
for disruptions and unexpected events.
However, the students seem to have a good understanding of persuasive techniques.