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Tuesday 28 July 2015

Healthy Lunches

Learning Intention:    

Walt: Analyse text to identify examples of ethos, pathos and logos.  

Persuasive Reading Analysis :Healthy Lunches
Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.
What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?
Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each
strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the second
column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.
Persuasive strategy
Yes / No
How the author used it?
Claim – States the main  
point or stance
Yes
The author said “That children should eat and drink healthy food everyday in school to be healthy’!   
Big Names –  Mentions experts and
important people to support the argument
Yes
In some schools children are provided with milk that is delivered fresh every morning.
This author is trying to convince children
aged 5 - 12 to eat healthy and make healthy lunches so that they could are a model for younger children.    
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or  facts to support the argument
Yes
Milk is known to support healthy teeth and bones. Fizzy drinks are not good for teeth because the sugar in  fizzy drinks causes decay.
should be should be banned from school because it is not healthy and it will rot their teeth, and that is the school's rule.   Children have to eat fruit and vegetables everyday because it will keep all of them healthy.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions
Yes
Inferring from the text the writer is emphasising the importance that children should eat a healthy lunch to help them grow strong and healthy.                        
Ethos – Tries to build trust and
credibility
Yes
The writer assumes that the reader has knowledge of healthy food and eating .habits but does not include evidence of research
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency  
for the cause
Yes
He emphasises  what will happen to a child's’ teeth and bones if they do not eat well.
Research – Uses studies and  information to make the  argument seem more convincing;  
this can be in the form of words,
graphs, tables, or illustrations
No


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