Brilliant activities for persuasive writing: activities for 7-11 year olds

Brilliant Activities for Persuasive Writing provides activities to help pupils focus on persuasive language.

Activities range from writing advertisements and job descriptions to looking at two-sided written arguments and debates.The book is divided into four sections, one for each year of Key Stage 2.

Lesson plans are accompanied by photocopiable texts and worksheets.

Most of the activities allow for differentiation by outcome and so may be used with he whole class.

Extension activities are given to challenge the more able and follow-on activities enable teachers to extend the work further.

All the activities are compatible with the National Literacy Strategy.