WALT: Students will investigate the associated dangers with quad bike riding. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the structural framework and language features of persuasive texts.
Discussion Questions
1. What was the main point raised in the Quad Bikes story?
2. Most people who ride quad bikes live: a. Near the beach b. On farms c. In the city
3. What are the benefits of having a quad bike on a farm?
4. How many people died from quad bike accidents in Australia last year?
5. Kids of any age are legally allowed to ride quad bikes. True or false?
6. There are no laws saying that kids have to wear __________ while riding a quad bike.
7. Why do some people want to see changes to the way quad bikes are designed?
8. Give some examples of improved quad bike safety.
9. List the arguments for and against making stricter rules for quad bike riders.
10. What do you think should happen next?
2. Most people who ride quad bikes live: a. Near the beach b. On farms c. In the city
3. What are the benefits of having a quad bike on a farm?
4. How many people died from quad bike accidents in Australia last year?
5. Kids of any age are legally allowed to ride quad bikes. True or false?
6. There are no laws saying that kids have to wear __________ while riding a quad bike.
7. Why do some people want to see changes to the way quad bikes are designed?
8. Give some examples of improved quad bike safety.
9. List the arguments for and against making stricter rules for quad bike riders.
10. What do you think should happen next?
Do you think kids (under the age of 16) should be allowed to ride
quad bikes? In point form, list your reasons.
On the whiteboard list the ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments.
quad bikes? In point form, list your reasons.
On the whiteboard list the ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments.
How to start...
Do not use contractions
state your opinion
Paragraph
Rhetorical Question
3 reasons
Do not use contractions
state your opinion
Paragraph
Rhetorical Question
3 reasons
YES
How would you feel if something you enjoyed greatly was suddenly torn from your life? Thousands of Australian children ride Quad Bikes everyday safely and with no injury. Why should children under the age of 16 be excluded from doing what they love just because it 'MIGHT' be dangerous. Children and their parents should have the choice to ride Quad Bikes if they choose to. Riding Quad bikes encourages physical activity, enables farmers to share the work load with their children and is not anymore dangerous than many other sports played by children all around Australia!
How would you feel if something you enjoyed greatly was suddenly torn from your life? Thousands of Australian children ride Quad Bikes everyday safely and with no injury. Why should children under the age of 16 be excluded from doing what they love just because it 'MIGHT' be dangerous. Children and their parents should have the choice to ride Quad Bikes if they choose to. Riding Quad bikes encourages physical activity, enables farmers to share the work load with their children and is not anymore dangerous than many other sports played by children all around Australia!
No
Quad bike riding results in many children suffering horrendous injuries and even death! How would you like to be crushed by 250 plus kg? This sadly, is what happens to over 5 children on average every year in Australian, not to mention the hundreds of injuries. All children under the age of 16 year should NOT be able to ride a Quad bike! Enabling children to ride these beasts of machines is only resulting in avoidable loss of life in young people and severe injuries such as brain damage, it is also causing families to grieve over the loss of their children and putting a children in control of a machine that is far too advanced for their age!
Quad bike riding results in many children suffering horrendous injuries and even death! How would you like to be crushed by 250 plus kg? This sadly, is what happens to over 5 children on average every year in Australian, not to mention the hundreds of injuries. All children under the age of 16 year should NOT be able to ride a Quad bike! Enabling children to ride these beasts of machines is only resulting in avoidable loss of life in young people and severe injuries such as brain damage, it is also causing families to grieve over the loss of their children and putting a children in control of a machine that is far too advanced for their age!
What is a persuasive text?
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