The students in Mrs. Martin’s fourth grade class shared their
persuasive writing projects in the most compelling way!
Silently, the celebration commenced by a march of protest.
Hand made, hand held signs were raised as the scholars
quietly marched around the room. This gave parents,
teachers and many other guests a glimpse of what was to
come.
One by one they took the stand. They stood tall
and strong behind the wooden podium reading their essays,
making sure to project their voices, use their best fluency
skills and make eye contact audience. They were all
passionate about their self chosen arguments, some topics
included:
No Homework, Students Should Not Have to Wear Uniforms,
Read More Books,
Frozen is the Best Movie,Teachers Be
Nice!
The arguments were compelling, often presenting more
than one perspective. Some included quotes, anecdotes
and research. Students used convincing persuasive writing;
backing up their thesis with lots of reasons, details and
examples. Their personal connections pulled the audience
right in.
Here are some examples:
Bullying can affect your education. You might not want to
go to school because the bully might be waiting for you.
Students may have a hard time paying attention or doing
work because they can’t stop thinking about the bully. At my
old school I got bullied a lot. It made me not come to school
and I missed a lot of work. (Mariana V)
Here is some advice to all teachers.. Please do not hand
us weekend homework because we love playing with our
friends. We do love you… but sometimes I think you need
to show us some affection back. If you still want to give
us homework maybe you could not give us busy work and
instead give us an assignment to really ponder? I hope that
you have learned some important facts from this paper about
why weekend homework is terrible. (Cidra F)
Teachers wear regular clothes but we are stuck with
uniforms. Teachers say we should wear uniforms so we
don’t talk all fancy about our clothes, but teachers do that.
So, at least for one day teachers should feel our pain, they
should wear one. We don’t even talk about clothes anymore!
Teachers say we are their priority, so they should let us wear
our choice of clothing. For example, my teacher last year
made students wear hand me downs from other students. We
didn’t know where the uniforms had been! (Orlando C)
If you are interested in reading more fabulous fourth grade
writing check out the bulletin boards outside room 304!