When I think of informative writing I think of pamphlets available at clinics and hospitals to help make the waiting a little more bearable. I would more than likely distribute pamphlets to my secondary kids about the risks of promiscuous sexual behavior or drug and alcohol abuse.
Persuasive Writing is used to do just that, persuade a person or a group of people to share a view with the writer. In my class I would assign a writing assignment to the kids to think about one thing they would enjoy in class. I would them explain to them that in order for that thing to be granted to them they would have to persuade the principal to think the way they do and to then give them their request. I think that making it clear to the students that they cannot have the request unless they write a persuasive paper written well enough to convince their Principal, it would be an incentive for them to put forth their best work.
