This document provides a lesson on persuasive writing and paying students for good grades. It discusses the structure of persuasive writing, techniques used, and provides samples. Students are assigned to write a persuasive essay arguing whether or not students should be paid for achieving good grades. The essay must take a stance, provide reasons to support the stance, and address concerns of those who may disagree. The document provides sentence starters and a sample thesis statement to help students structure their essay. It also instructs students to read a provided article on a program where students earn cash for grades and annotate it by highlighting facts, opinions, quotes, paraphrases, and examples.