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