Persuading Others

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Aims

Goal: make a convincing case using logic, emotion, or experience — and win people over without being pushy.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Let's Chat About Persuasion

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Art of Persuasion

    Read a 223-word text about The Art of Persuasion

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Persuasion Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Complete the Persuasion Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 6 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Persuasion Mistakes

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Persuading a Friend

    Role-play: You're trying to persuade a reluctant friend to join you for a new activity. Practice building a convincing case while respecting their concerns. (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Persuasion Discussion

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

convincecompellingwin someone overmake a case fortalk someone intohear someone out

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