Mrs. Huff's Stuff: Authors and Artists Writing Club!: Persuasive Writing: Happy Father's Day!

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Persuasive Writing: Happy Father's Day!

We showed the dads some love as we worked hard learning how to write organized essays that persuaded our readers that OUR Dad was the best! Outlining is such an important skill to have. If students can outline, they can quickly turn their outline, which is in notes form, into an organized essay. Our outlines for this project looked like this:

I. Intro: Thesis (Something like, "My dad is the greatest dad in the world.")

A. Reason #1

B. Reason #2

C. Reason #3

II. Reason #1 with evidence

III. Reason #2 with evidence

IV. Reason #3 with evidence

V. Conclusion- a very persuasive sentence to end the writing

I was told all dads LOVED their essay gifts. Tyler (rising 7th grader) offered to share his letter with the world!

The Best Dad Ever

I am so lucky to have such a loving dad. For example, he coaches my baseball team. My dad also plays with me and jokes around with me. Everyone should have a dad like mine.

My dad has been coaching my team since I was five. He helps me get better so I can reach my goals. My dad also asks me if I want to practice. He also asks me if I need new batting gloves and other equipment. All of this will help me to make it to the Major Leagues one day.

My dad also plays with me. He sometimes plays video games with me when he gets home from work. My dad also plays board games with me. He wants to spend time with me by playing with me. This makes me feel happy.

My dad also makes me laugh. He does this because he loves making me happy. My dad also chooses movies for us to watch together. I love it so much when my dad makes me laugh and smile.

Clearly, my dad is the best I could ask for.

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About the Teacher

Mrs. Huff has taught Language Arts for over 20 years. After being a classroom teacher for 12 years, she chose a new career path in teaching writing workshops and tutoring in order to stay home with her young children. She loves teaching creative writing, reading, and grammar. She specializes in teaching elementary school grades, but enjoys assisting older students with their writing as well. She offers both in-person and online workshops and tutoring sessions. Mrs. Huff is Barton trained and certified, and has experience tutoring dyslexic students. She loves to see their growth and improvement in reading, writing, and spelling.

Mrs. Huff's hobbies include coaching volleyball, photography, scrapbooking, writing, and spending time with her family. She has a daughter and a son, both "graduates" from the "Authors and Artists" program!

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What Parents and Students have said about the workshop:

"The small group environment allowed for lots of personalized attention and immediate feedback. My daughter loved the workshop and came home raving about the creative writing assignments which included group, partner, and individual writing."

"It amazed me how my son was excited to stay after school for an academic-style club. Mrs. Huff made the classroom environment comfortable and light after a long day's work at school, yet encouraged hard work and focus and got the kids to produce great things. We loved the program!"

"I loved Mrs. Huff's teaching style and enthusiasm."

"I never thought I'd hear the words 'awesome' and 'writing' in the same sentence from my son, but that's what he said after the first class."

"My daughter absolutely loved the workshop. It made her think, and challenged her to write something different. She loves writing, and this gave her a scheduled time to do what she loves best with a teacher's guidance. Plus, she loved her teacher!"

"Authors and Artists is my favorite part of the day."

"This workshop is hard work..... but it's fun work!"

"I was very impressed with Mrs. Huff's manner with the children. There was a sense of mutual respect in the classroom between the teacher and students. The students were comfortable and worked hard, but had fun!"