Transcript To undertake persuasive writing – The Big Shift

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To undertake persuasive writing
Why should we sign the petition for ‘The Big Shift’?
THE BIG SHIFT: Be part of a fossil free future
What is Big Shift? http://www.christianaidcollective.org/big-shift
We all know that shifting away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon energy will help reduce the
global warming that is disproportionately impacting developing countries. Through Christian Aid,
the churches have been raising their voices about climate change since 2005 because millions of the
world’s poorest people are suffering first and worst from its consequences. But we hold a vision for
a cleaner brighter future where everyone has the chance to flourish.
• A look at the next steps in Christian Aid's climate campaign.
• Exploration of climate change and faith.
Investigating why we should sign the petition?
Undertake persuasive writing to explain why
we should sign the petition
To undertake persuasive writing
Why we should sign the petition?
Undertaking persuasive writing to
explain why we should sign the petition
• Success Criteria for Persuasive Writing
• I gave my point of view clearly in the
introduction and in the conclusion
• I backed up each argument with relevant
evidence and detail
• My argument is mainly in the present
tense
• I used conditionals (usually if but more
adventurous conditionals are: should,
supposing, providing, as long as)
• I used connectives: • to structure the
argument: ‘first’, ‘finally’ • to link ideas
with in the argument: ‘because’,
‘consequently’
• I used persuasive devices such as: •
statistics • emotive language • rhetorical
questions