Give a Persuasive Speech

  • 1 TRY OUT LANGUAGE

  • 2 LEARN GRAMMAR

  • 3 APPLY ON YOUR OWN

Persuade

Think about the chant on page 469. What would you do to improve the environment? What is Earth worth to you? How important is it to you?

Work in small groups. Discuss environmental problems and solutions. Record your ideas on a chart.

Idea Chart
ProblemAction NeededWhy It’s Important
People are cutting down forests faster than new trees can grow.use less paper, recycle paperForests provide homes for animals.
Forests protect soil from washing away.
The air is polluted.
People are overfishing.

Focus on one problem. Then write a speech to persuade others to help solve the problem.

How to Persuade

  • 1. State your opinion.

  • 2. Give reasons for your opinion.

  • 3. Use persuasive words like must, have to, and should.

  • 4. Tell why your opinion or plan of action is important.

  • 5. Tell how it will help others.

We should use shopping bags made of cloth. This will help save trees.

After you finish the speech, decide which group member will present it to the class.

Use Participles

When you try to persuade people, you need to use effective and interesting sentences. Using participles adds interest and convincing details to your sentences.

Not as Interesting: We must save the waters of our lake.

More Interesting: We must save the sparkling waters of our lake.