Psalms 4:5 - A reflection by Michael

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Scripture Reference Psalms 4:5

We are practising our listening skills and practising uses the skills associated with
Lectino Davina a form of reflection on prayer introduced by Saint Benedict.

“Lead me O Lord in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me”.

When I thought about the scripture that what read, I thought about how if I had a terrible time in my life, God will help me.

Breakfast

WALHT: Analyse text to identify examples of ethos, pathos and logos.

Persuasive Reading Analysis: Breakfast

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The Author said “Not having breakfast changes your mood or the way you think”. The Author has a main point in say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No	The Author never said something about people.
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	It says that “ Without breakfast you lack energy and it’s harder to concentrate”. The Author tells us that a person can become weak and get sick.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	No	The Author never used emotions.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	It says that “Having this meal gives you the strength and energy for the school day ahead of you”. The Author talks more information and facts.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	No
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	Yes	The Author researched facts about how healthy are breakfast.

Homework should be banned

Persuasive Reading Analysis:

Take another look at the persuasive piece of reading/ writing.

What strategies does the author use to try to persuade you?

Below are strategies writers often use for this form of writing.  Read through each

strategy and decide whether the author used that strategy by writing yes or no in the second column. If you write yes, then explain how the author used that strategy.

Persuasive strategy	Yes / No	How the author used it?
Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The Author said “Sitting around for hours doing homework is dreadfully unhealthy”. The Author tells us a reason why homework should be banned.
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	The Author says that “Sitting around for hours doing homework is dreadfully healthy”. The author’s phrase has a point.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	No
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	The Author said “Kids work hard at school all day so they need to relax and refresh their brains”. The Author tells us facts and evidence from it.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	No
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	No

Persuasive Writing

Junior Playgrounds Should Be Removed from Schools

Walht: Use ethos,pathos and logos to persuade people

I believe all Junior playgrounds should be banned so that junior students will be able to work hard and play in a less time.

The first reason why I want to banned junior playgrounds is because some students just come to school to play around. School playgrounds can make students lazy, irresponsible and just muck around.

The second reason is that some students don’t care about their school work, they are more interested to play in the playground instead of finishing their work.

Third reason is that it can make the students do bad things in the playground and keep them as secrets. They can fight with one another, bully other kids and they don’t show good examples to others.

Finally my last reason is that playgrounds can be an unsafe area to play. It may cause students accidents, injuries that can cause brain damage and ultimately, can cause death to students. Students can die from other things while playing in the  playgrounds.

So that’s why I strongly suggest that playgrounds should be BANNED!