Persuasive Language Lesson Plan

Using persuasive language can be a difficult skill for ESL students.  They have need to learn both the vocabulary and how to use it.

Here is a worksheet that can help students to figure out which words are more persuasive than others.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson-docs/30788_chart_1.pdf 

Assignment:  Write a persuasive e-mail to your brother asking him to do something that you know that he doesn't want to do


Sample e-mail:

Dear Sweet  Brother,

I so want to you come with me!  It will be an educational opportunity for you, a chance for you to get out of the office and enjoy life for a change!  Please, think of this as my gift to you for the past 5 years that I forgot to give you birthday presents!  Tell the newspaper that you are going on a fact finding mission with me and that we will write a wonderful travel article for the paper!  We are going to have a wild time!  Just do it for me, pretty please?

With love,

Thea

Now it is your turn!

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Going to the Doctor - Easy English conversation lesson you can use in class.

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Here is an easy English conversation lesson that you can use in your classroom.  It takes about 15 minutes depending upon the level of your class.  A more advanced class will do it in less time.  First you read the dialogue with one student volunteer, and then have the students work in pairs reading the dialog to each other, switching parts saying the dialog to each other.  Good luck!  to my book that is on Amazon:   The Relatives are coming to Visit  

   The Relatives are coming to Visit  

Going to the Doctor

Rina Levy :     Hi Dr. Cohen, I feel terrible. (cough cough)

Dr. Cohen:      What seems to be the matter?

Rina                 I have this terrible cough.

Dr. Cohen       How long have you had the cough?

Rina                 Oh, for about a week.

Dr. Cohen.      Did you have a cold before that?

Rina                 Yes, (cough, cough)

Dr. Cohen       Well, go sit on the table.

Rina                 Ok. (sits on the examining table)

Dr. Cohen       Open your mouth,  yes, yes, sore throat, post nasal drip

Rina                 Is it bad?

Dr. Cohen       Come sit down at the desk.   Good,  you need some medication.

Rina                 I am allergic to all medications that contain penicillin.

Dr. Cohen       I don't think that you need an antibiotic.  Don't worry.

Rina                 Thanks.

Dr. Cohen       I wrote you out a prescription for Robitussin, a cough syrup, to be taken only at bedtime,  and a             nasal spray.  This you use three times a day.

Rina                 But I also need some vitamins. 

Dr. Cohen       Ok, do you need a multi-vitamin? 

Rina                 Yes, and iron and calcium

Dr. Cohen       Well, in order for me to give you those, you need a blood test.  Here's the form.  Just                           go to the nurse next door, she takes blood only until 9:30 am.

Rina                 Why its 9:25.  I'd better hurry! Thank you doctor!  How do I pay you?

Dr. Cohen       Aren't you a member of the Kupat Cholim? 

Rina                 No, I'm just visiting Israel for the summer.  I have my insurance, Blue Sheild from my                        job in New York.

Dr. Cohen       Talk to the receptionist, she will help you all the forms that you need to fill out.  Don't                         worry, feel better!  Bye! 

Speaking exercises:

1. What seems to be the _______________________ (trouble, problem, matter)?

2. How long have you had the cough?  Oh, for about ________________ ( two weeks, a week).

3. Go______________(lie, sit, lean)  on the table.

4. I am allergic to all ________________( pills, medications, medicines) that contain penicillin.

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Grammar

Pronunciation of some words ending in “ed”

When the last sound of the base verb is k, f,s,p, sh, ch, ck

  watch, laugh, kiss, pick, ask, check, book, - you pronounce ed as/ t/

Work               workt

Walk                walkt

Talk                 talkt

Watch              watcht

Laugh              laught

Kiss                 kisst

Ask                  askt

Check              checkt

Book               bookt

Wash               washt

Exercise:

Say the following sentences:

I booked the plane flight for June 30^th,  does that fit your schedule?

I laughed so hard that I fell off the chair!

I asked you to buy milk at the supermarket, why did you bring home wine instead?

She watched the children while I washed the floor.

                                               

Use the Correct Verb exercise!

I use this as a homework assignment when I am working on the irregular verb chart.

This helps to the student to actually use the verbs!

Niece: I (tear, tore, will tear) my sweater this morning!  It (is, will be, was) my favorite, I wore it all last winter!

Aunt:  Let's go to Gimbels to (get, getting, got) a new one!

Uncle: Have you (forgot, will forget, forgottn ) that Gimbels has been (close closes, closed) for a few years now?  Could you (try, tried, have tried) Saks Fifth Avenue? Don't (take, took, will take) too long. We've (getting, got, will get) tickets for a helicopter ride over Central Park at 4:00pm. and at 7:00pm we're (go, going have gone) to the Royal Ballet at Lincoln Center.

Niece What will you (doing, do, did) tomorow?  I'm (go, going, have gone) to Greenwich Village to see the street musicians.  I want to (get, go, gone) tips on outdoor performing,  I (play, played, have played) the saxophone for two years now.

Aunt: We want to (will see, have seen, see the Empire State Building and Ground Zero. I'm (go, going, will go) to put up the pictures on my blog!


Uncle: She always (takes, take, will take) my picture next to all the momuments, and puts me on her blog.  But she is never in the pictures herself!

Aunt.  Have you actually ( looked, will look,  looking, )  at the offical Website of New York City?

Uncle:  We'll (sit, sat, sitting) in the Fountain Cafe to decide how to get to the Lincoln Center.

Niece: You (knowing, know, knew) that all riders on the bus (must have, will have, had) the exact fare.  Sincethe busses (stop, will stop, have stop) running at midnight, you have to take a cab, and they take only exact change.

Uncle: Where can I (would exchange, exchange, will exchange) shekels for dollars?  Is there a black market for a good rate?

Niece:  I'll (ask, will ask, asked) in Greenwich Village when I go tomorrow.

Questions:

Where is this conversation taking place?

Why does the niece have to go shopping?

Why does she want to go to Greenwich Village?

Why is Auntie not in any pictures on her blog?

Where are they going right now?


About the Author:

Rachael Alice is available for private English lessons, as well on the www.live-english.net website. She is the principle blogger of  http://www.live-english.net/blog/ as well as the English blogger for the www.live-hebrew.net  http://www.live-hebrew.net/online/celebrating-rosh-hashana/