Grade 8 ESL Unit Overview

Power of Words
Guiding Question:
How can language be used to influence how people act?

Area of Interaction: Community and Assessment

Service
You will learn about the language and style of
persuasion through different genres and media. At
Student the end of the unit you will create a trailer, a poster,
Learning and a blurb for your Language A documentary film
Expectations: showcasing your knowledge of persuasive
techniques and emotive language.
You will develop
You will also regularly write reflections about your
an awareness of
learning on your blog.
community and a sense of belonging and
responsibility, so that you become By the end of the unit you should be able
empowered to use the power of language to to use:
help raise the awareness of other members of
your community. • key elements of persuasive writing- style,
language, mechanics
Objectives:
• persuasive style (structure; use of emotive
• communicate information, ideas and opinions language; use of descriptive language, use of
repetitive language)
• understand and appropriately use structures and
vocabulary and understand the:

• request and provide information in both spoken • impact of language on an audience

and written contexts
• impact of images on an audience
• take part in formal and informal communications.
Criteria to be assessed
1
Criterion C: Writing- message and organization