Write about an issue in your community to convince others that this issue is important and that they should join you in acting on it.
1. Use informal writing to convince your friends, peers, or family that it’s important, and what they can do about it.
2. Use formal writing to convince the government that this is an important issue, and what they can do about it.
Students will produce informal and formal pieces of persuasive writing.
Anticipatory set: Explore winners of Digital4Good: Click here for 2022 winner bios. Depending on time, let students explore all winners or just a pre-selected few. Then, discuss the ways that writing is used by these winners, e.g.: Instagram/Facebook captions Blog posts Text message campaigns TikTok scripts Next, view and/or read transcripts of young people’s speeches to political bodies: Mari Copeny’s speech at the Social Good Summit, 2018 Greta Thunberg’s speech at the U.N. Climate Action Summit, 2019 Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the United Nations, 2013 Introductory set: Brainstorm: What would you like to change in your town, city, or state? Choose one...