• 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

  • 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

  • 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Feed the World

Persuade

World hunger is a serious problem. What is the best way to help feed the world?

Work with a group to write three ways to help feed the world. Use persuasive language to make your argument more convincing.

Proposition: We should volunteer our time.

    Support

  • 1. If we collect food, we can do our part to help people locally.

  • 2.

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Present your proposition and support to another group. Then listen to their arguments. Which group was more persuasive? Why?

How to Persuade

  • 1. Tell your opinion, or proposition.

  • 2. Give support for your opinion.

  • 3. Use persuasive language and emotional words, or appeals.

We should help feed the world. We can do our part by starting locally. We help many people when we collect food.

Use Verbs in the Present, Past, and Future Tense

When you make persuasive arguments, you may need to change the tense of the verb to show when an action happens.

In the Present:Hunger is a problem in our world now.
In the Past:We helped many people last year.
In the Future:We will do something to help next year, too.
People give food to help the hungry.

People give food to help the hungry.