Persuasive Writing - Unit of Work

PERSUASIVE WRITING Uit of work (73-slide PowerPoint and 6 worksheets)

Upper KS2/Lower KS3 English

This ‘Persuasive Writing’ teaching resource is made up of an editable PowerPoint presentation and six worksheets. The PowerPoint contains a series of progressive lessons designed to teach pupils how to produce a piece of effective persuasive writing. The resource includes a variety of activities suitable for upper KS2 / lower KS3 pupils - take a look at the preview images and description for more information.

‘Persuasive Writing’ is a detailed and ready-to-teach resource which covers the following:

• What is persuasive writing?

• Discussing the purpose and form of a text

• How audience affects a piece of writing

• How to plan, structure and organise a piece of persuasive writing

• How to use fact and opinion, emotive language and flattery to persuade the reader

• Developing understanding of rhetorical techniques

• How to write an extended response to a persuasive writing task