Introduce the power and the purpose of persuasion; develop student
knowledge of strategies/techniques associated with persuasion; develop student ability to identify authors' purpose, arguments, and supporting evidence; develop students' abilities to conduct research in order to support a perspective with supporting
evidence.
This unit is intended to familiarize students with some of the basic skills required
to write news articles. Students will learn about the structure of news articles, and will practice writing, editing, and critiquing news articles.