Our classroom was a buzz of excitement this week as students discovered the Canadian Geographic competition for Canada's National Bird. Which bird do YOU think represents us best as a nation? Students took an initial vote, researched their bird of choice, and gave presentations that aimed to persuade others to change their vote. Students were allowed to give arguments in favour of their bird, but also present arguments against other birds. As you can guess, the debates were heated! My heart is sold to the loon, but at times my vote switched to the chickadee group and the Canada Goose Group. I love how students took a definite stance and then used their persuasion skills to convince others about the merits of their arguments. Read below to see which bird won... Today in class, I revealed the result of the national vote: The students were OUTRAGED! The GRAY JAY?!!? Well, they weren't the only upset ones...
As you can probably guess, we're delving into persuasive writing over the next month!
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