This course focuses on the English BGCSE Paper 1, placing particular emphasis on the structure and development of a persuasive essay. This course will give its students the means to write a paper which formulates such an argument by harnessing their current writing skills and teaching them critical steps to writing a good persuasive paper both with and without outside sources. To do so, students will study examples of well-written persuasive essays, learning from them important rhetorical strategies, grammatical conventions and the like. Students will also be taught how to write effective thesis statements, how to develop body paragraphs using topic sentences. In addition, students will also learn how to effectively summarize their arguments into a concluding paragraph whereby they should have mastered the craft of persuasive writing.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Use comprehension strategies to assess critical work and examples of well-written persuasive essays;

Identify topic, main ideas and supporting details of well-written persuasive essays in order to learn those skills.

Identify rhetorical modes to enhance comprehension and effective writer’s techniques;

Apply critical thinking skills to the reading and writing processes;

Use proper diction, grammar and syntax in the writing of essays;

Identify and master writing thesis statements;

Use proper referencing strategies;

Demonstrate an ability to summarize information, write appropriate introductions, body paragraphs and conclusions;

Apply basic rhetoric skills in writing essays.

Course Syllabus: New Persuasive Wrting Syllabus TTS Neia Mills