Write to persuade

Step 1 · Pick a prompt

Pick one. Pick something you really think, so your bridge means something.

Step 2 · Plan it

Plan first. Fill in the four parts of the Bridge with little answers.

Step 4 · Write what you think

Say what you think, give your two reasons, and put a real proof under each one. Then tell the reader what to do.

Step 5 · Sum it up

One more thing. Tell me in one sentence: what do you want your reader to do?

Step 6 · Before you turn it in

Read what you wrote out loud. Then check.

• I said what I think in one sentence.
• I gave two reasons.
• I put a real proof under each reason.
• My ending tells the reader what to do.
• My sentences start with capital letters and end with end marks.