1. How do you come up with an
idea for a persuasive essay ?

2. In this lesson you will learn how to
brainstorm topics for an opinion or
persuasive essay by thinking about
ideas that give you strong feelings.

3. Let’s Review
Let’s Review
An essay states a claim and provides evidence
A persuasive essay convinces someone about
an opinion

4. 1. Think about our day to day lives
2. Ask ourselves questions
What makes
me
frustrated? What
What do makes me
I love? angry?
3. Turn these ideas into topics

5. ThinkThink about our day lives…. lives
1. about our day-to-day to day
It’s hard to
be on time
for school.

6. 2. Ask ourselves questions
What makes
me
I love sleep. I would frustrated?
love to sleep more.
What do I
love?
What
makes me
angry?

7. 3. Turn these ideas into topics
Persuasive Essay Topics
1. Start the school day
later.

8. Think about our day-to-day to day lives
1. Think about our day lives….
Drink bottled
water during
the school day.

9. 2. Ask ourselves questions
What makes
me
No recycle bins at frustrated?
school.
Frustrated that I What do I
bring my bottles home. love?
What
makes me
angry?

10. 3. Turn these ideas into topics
Persuasive Essay Topics
1. Start the school day
later.
2. Recycling bins at all
schools.

11. 1. Think about our day to day lives
2. Ask ourselves questions
What makes
me
frustrated? What
What do
I love? makes me
angry?
3. Turn these ideas into topics

12. In this lesson you learned how to
brainstorm topics for an opinion or
persuasive essay by thinking about ideas
that give you strong feelings.