{"product_id":"wings-persuasive-writing-teacher-led-edition-years-7-to-9","title":"Wings: Persuasive Writing, Teacher-Led Edition (Years 7 to 9)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwelve no-prep persuasive writing and speech lessons for Years 7 to 9 that you teach from one screen: a projector, TV or interactive whiteboard. Students build an argument with ethos, pathos and logos, answer the strongest objection and finish by delivering a closing argument as a speech. A Lesson Guide page for every lesson means it also suits a relief day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuns in a browser. Nothing to install, no account, and it works offline. Students write in their books: no student devices, no logins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHICH EDITION DO I NEED?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeacher-Led Edition (this one): 12 lessons you run from one screen. Students write in their books. No student devices, no logins, no prep. A Lesson Guide and an optional student booklet are included.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudent Game Edition: each student works on their own device, with six skill bays, a capstone, a teleprompter and a teacher console. Choose it if your class has laptops or tablets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWHAT'S INCLUDED\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe lesson app: one HTML file with all 12 lessons, the artwork, music and sound effects built in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesson Guide (PDF, 14 pages): one page per lesson with every step and its minutes, teacher notes, answers and curriculum links\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCadet Logbook (PDF, 18 pages): an optional printable student booklet, one page per lesson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA START HERE read-me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW A LESSON RUNS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost lessons follow the same rhythm, so students know what's coming:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday: learning intention and success criteria\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStory: a short story beat or a crew member's request\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm-up: a timed word game in books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn: explicit teaching of one skill, with weak and strong examples and a quick check\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel: think aloud through a strong example, and each press of the arrow reveals the next move, so the class can predict it first\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTogether: you type the class's ideas on the live board, and in the skill bays the tool beside it responds as you type (a checklist that ticks, words that light up or a meter, depending on the bay)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour turn: students write against the timer, with sentence starters for support and stretch tasks for fast finishers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheck: success criteria, an exit ticket and a share\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome lessons add a matching task, a decoding game or a Choose step, and the planning, drafting and speech lessons at the end leave some steps out. Lessons run 39 to 55 minutes, and the Lesson Guide shows the time for each step and the total for each lesson. In the six skill bay lessons you choose Cadet, Officer or Commander level for the class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE 12 LESSONS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrash Landing: spotting ethos, pathos and logos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Abandoned City: a clear, arguable claim with one strong reason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Shoreline and the Signal: reporting verbs that show how someone argued\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower Word Vault: confident word choices instead of hedging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudience Bay: one argument, different audiences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRebuttal Transcript Bay: setting out and reporting a debate exchange\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClaim Bay: claim, reasoning and evidence in a paragraph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Appeals Wheel: choosing ethos, pathos and logos on purpose\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrafting Bay: revising, cutting weak claims and tightening the argument\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild the Case: planning a closing argument that answers the strongest objection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Closing Argument: Draft: drafting the full argument\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Podium: rehearsing and delivering it as a speech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story runs across the whole unit. Your class are cadets whose ship has crash-landed, and each lesson moves the mission forward, finishing with a closing argument delivered from the podium.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEASY TO RUN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeys: arrows or Space to move, T for the timer, R to reveal answers, H for a hint from Nova, F for full screen, M for music, ? for teacher notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks with a presentation clicker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic is off when you start, and the sound effects have their own button\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNothing about students is collected or saved. The browser remembers only the class's progress, on your own computer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCURRICULUM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralian Curriculum v9 English, Years 7, 8 and 9, and Common Core W.1, W.4, W.5, SL.1, SL.3 and SL.4 for Years 7 to 10. 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