5.1 Persuasion Around You

Persuasive Text Scavenger Hunt Assignment

cameraYour assignment is to catch persuasive text in action. Create and save a blank document to collect your pictures and add your writing to.

Explore your world with a camera and take photos of at least 10 different and interesting persuasive text examples found in different places.

Arrange a trip to town with you home facilitator/parent/guardian and look around buildings, vehicles, signs, etc. At home, you can look at what you find in magazines, on products in your cupboards, etc. Do not just find a newspaper and take 10 different pictures of text from the newspaper. The images should come from a variety of different sources.

Send the images in one submission.

Next, you will write a paragraph or two explaining the more interesting persuasive text examples you found and if you feel any of these texts influence you at all in your daily life and decision-making.

You will get one point for each image and five points for your written reflection. The total mark is out of 15.