Writing workshop

Students of Grade 6 had a workshop on persuasive writing by Mr.James, Literature expert of the Aga Khan Academy.

He started the session with his introduction and asked students the different ways of communication and the importance of writing. Later he asked the students what they feel about their written skills on a continuum of 1-10, 1 being the low and 10 being the high.

The students were paired up according to their comfort and were asked to write their understanding about the word "PERSUADE" on a post it note.

Later he introduced the elements of persuasive writing through an article and asked the students about the interesting aspects of the article. Based on the feedback of the students he explained the guidelines of persuasive writing.

Students decided their topics in pairs and worked on the graphic organizer to collate points and later build up the article.

The whole session was very interesting as he used the prior knowledge, the schema of the students and extended the session. The students understood the technique very well as they were enjoying their writing and playing with words to come up with an attention grabbing article.

Grade 6