Persuasive devices using Polleverywhere

Instructions to create your own Polleverywhere:

1. go to http://www.polleverywhere.com/ to sign up to your free account (polling under 30 people)


2. opening page provides information on who and why people use polleverywhere


3. once you have signed up for your free account you can start creating your polls


4. put in information, then customise your graph/chart

POLLEVERYWHERE INSTRUCTION SLIDES (available on website)


Lesson Plan:

Introduction:

As students will be learning different persuasive devices that they will use to annotate feature articles. The way the students will be learning different persuasive devices and revising them will be through interactive quizzes using Polleverywhere. Instead of using traditional written multiple choice questions on printed paper, students can see real time polling in the classroom anonymously.

10min

Body:

1. Teacher explain Polleverywhere activity to students and the importance of revising persuasive devices and being able to recognise examples
2. set students up with their mobiles to they are compatible and go through polling instructions with students
3. present the online polling questions to students, where students will answer what they believe is the correct response to the example- this is an anonymous process and information is updated in real time; shown in a graph
4. after polling each example teacher and students are involved in discussion about the selected device eg: why was it the correct answer? why not?
5. students will then fill out information regarding persuasive device the definition (written on board collaboratively) and the example given; students will also have to create their own definition

50min

Conclusion:

after students have completed work in their book teacher ill go around and mark books off with satisfactory/ not satisfactory, ensuring students have completed work. students will be assessed on their involvement in class discussion and interactive polling. Pack up classroom

10min

Below are links to our created Polleverywhere questions

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTcxNjYxMjQ5NA

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE5OTQxNDA2ODk

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTEzODA2ODA5NjM

http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTE5MDgxODgwNTc