Frank Abagnale (AB-ag-nail) is a former cheque con artist, forger and imposter who, for five years in the 1960s, passed bad cheques worth more than $2.5 million in 26 countries. For two years, Abagnale travelled around the world free by masquerading as a Pan Am pilot. When he was nearly caught leaving a plane, he changed his masquerade to that of a Doctor. He worked as a medical supervisor for 11 months without detection. At other times he worked as a lawyer and a teacher. Robert Hendy-Freegard is a British barman, car salesman, conman and impostor who masqueraded as an MI5 agent and fooled several people to go underground for fear of IRA assassination.

Learning objectives Apply what students have learned about the effectiveness of spoken texts to their own use of oral language.

Persuasive Writing Mat Punctuation Capital letters Paragraphs . , ; () “ “ ? ! Opinions/Preferences In my opinion, without a doubt I strongly believe, as far as I am concerned Disagreeing The trouble with, I’d prefer, I don’t agree, the evidence, the majority Giving Reasons To start with, considering, that’s why, another reason, Persuasive techniques Alliteration, personal pronouns Appeal to values, loyalty. Attack /praise Emotive language Evidence, facts, figures Similes, metaphors, puns, repetition, hyperbole, rhetoric questions Essay Speaking - Level 6 -The voice of the writer is well controlled and convincing: the writer adopts an authoritative persona, held consistently and developed across the whole text. Writing – Level 5 - Varied sentence types , range of punctuation used, detailed content is well organised within and between paragraphs Level 6- A range of punctuation is used correctly to structure sentences and the whole text, sometimes to create deliberate effects, such as the dash, bullets points or parenthetic commas. Level 7 - The tone and content are sustained and consistently persuasive and adapted to manipulate audience. A strong opening statement to attract attention. High modality (strong, definite and convincing) Must, will, should, require, Above all, certain, always, Have to, vital, necessary, essential, important, totally, completely, important Strongest argument 1st, a series of points with supporting evidence Leave the audience with something to think about, maybe an emotive plea

Task- using the mat/persuasive techniques I want you, individually and in groups, to write a speech to convince me to stay here! Suggestion.. Individually select a persuasive technique In groups write paragraphs, one group do introduction and conclusion. As a class put it all together!

Extension task Try to improve your original group’s paragraph.

Peer Assessment - You should – Identify what has been done well Explain why it has been done well Use of one these to help you ..... To improve your answer, try to use more... Focus on including more... The most effective part was ....because ... I prefer this ... because...