Practically Speeching

Have you heard of the extreme dare devil Felix Baumgartner? He's jumped off buildings, flown through the stratosphere! He's the ultimate extremist, but what makes him do these crazy stunts? I'm SURE he's persuaded somehow! Let your kids come up with a new mission for Felix and persuade him to do it! Watch videos on Felix, get his background, and then plan a mission! When you're done, mail your letter to Red Bull or Felix and maybe he'll complete your mission! Powerpoint WITH printable letter a

Go over these persuasive words with your students, then laminate the two slides with the hats. Hand out each vocabulary word at random and have your students use them within their letter to the host! Words include: Advantage Always Best Certain Confident Definitely Effective Important Popular Profitable Should Strongly Recommend Superb Superior Tremendous Truly Trustworthy Worthwhile