Super Persuasive Writing - Acer Superstar!

We are really enjoying using Talk for Writing to help us to write. Over the last few weeks we have been learning about persuasive texts and planned our own writing to persuade someone to visit the Arctic!

Would you go?! Read on to see if Raainat in Acer class can persuade you!

Y6: Persuasion

What is effective persuasion?

Year 6 are preparing to write a persuasive letter next week. We have looked at lots of examples to identify the key features of this text type. Some of the features that we noticed authors using consistently were using persuasive language openers and presenting their opinion as fact.

To develop our fluency and familiarity with this target vocabulary, we spent some time  trying to convince our tables to agree with us on contentious points such as:
All children should not be allowed mobile phones.
Children should be able to vote.
Children aged 12+ should be able to learn to drive.

The language we targeted included:
It is obvious that...
No one could disagree that...
Obviously,....
Any reasonable person would agree that...
Clearly, ...

Year 3 - Can Chestnut Tree persuade you to travel to Egypt?

This week we have learnt about persuasive writing.

Miss Bethell is very impressed because our writing has been amazing! We have persuaded all the Year 3 teachers to visit Egypt next Summer.

Take a read of Nihaal's persuasive writing below...

What features of persuasion can you see in her writing?

Have you been persuaded to go to Egypt?