1. Respond to the persuasive video clip from the movie Big Miracle.
- Consider what type of appeal was most powerful in the movie(emotional, logical, ethical).
- Consider what persuasive techniques the characters in the movie used to get people to want to help the whales. (figurative language: personification, simile, metaphor, facts/statistics, humor, cause and effect logic (If-Then statements).
- Develop a statement of issue with your feelings on the issue which is also known as a Thesis Statement. An example of this could be: In the movie Big Miracle emotional appeals are used very effectively to persuade people to help whales.
- Use examples from the video clip to prove your point.
- End with a summary that deals with the issue and your feelings on the issue.
3. Finish healthy eating persuasive paragraph, peer edit, rewrite and hand it in for a grade.
