Full Description
Geared toward English and social studies teachers as well as school librarians, this book provides a clear and concise way to approach the teaching of persuasive writing—and to develop the skills students need to excel on high stakes tests as well.
In Four by Four: Practical Methods for Writing Persuasively, well-known authors and teachers of writing Joyce Armstrong Carroll and Edward E. Wilson provide a practical guide to teaching students how to write persuasively. Organized in four chapters, each containing four sections, the text opens with a history of rhetoric that serves as a logical preface to the persuasive writing basics, guides, and patterns presented in the remainder of the book.
It covers topics such as the Carroll/Wilson Inquiry Schemata as a data collection technique for persuasive writing, planning and organizing a persuasive paper, strategies for efficient editing, and writing the conclusion. Appropriate for educators who work with fourth-grade through college-level students in English and social studies, this guidebook spotlights the research process, a 21st-century skill that teachers should teach collaboratively with their school librarians.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Four Historical Influences on Persuasion
• The Greeks, • The Romans, • Thinkers of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, • Present-day Persuasion: A Commentary, • Model, • Application,
Chapter 2: The Four Basics of the Persuasive Essay
• Length, • Rhetorical Stance, • Organization, • Structure, • Model, • Application,
Chapter 3: Four Guides for Writing Persuasively
• Guide One: Find the Topic, • Guide Two: Craft the Thesis Statement, • Guide Three: Defend It, • Guide Four: End It, • Model, • Application,
Chapter 4: Four Patterns for Teaching the Persuasive Essay
• Fourteen-day Implementation Model, • Pattern One: Equal Arguments, • Pattern Two: Strawman, • Subpattern Strawman Plus, • Pattern Three: Concession, • Pattern Four: Nestorian Order,
Appendix A: A Suggested Mnemonic Device for Students to Remember the Major Rhetoricians or a Quick Guide for Debaters
Appendix B: Registers of Language Defined
Appendix C: Persuasive Theses
Appendix D: The Major Fallacies
References
Index
