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Persuasive writing KS2 – Features, examples & best lesson plans

Help kids put together a convincing argument, whether it’s in an essay, advert, debate or letter, with these lessons, ideas, activities and more…

Need to turn hesitant writers into persuasive prodigies? Wondering how to inspire your class to craft powerful arguments? Can we persuade you to take a look at our persuasive writing KS2 resources?

What is persuasive writing?

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Persuasive writing tries to convince the reader to do something or believe something. Adverts, reviews, leaflets and letters can all include persuasion.

KS2 persuasive writing model texts and worksheets

Support children in KS2 to develop their skills of persuasive writing with this persuasive language KS2 text types pack from literacy resources website Plazoom. It features:

• two persuasive letter writing model texts
• persuasive writing techniques checklist
• vocabulary bank
• writing plan

Pie Corbett’s Alex Rider persuasive writing lesson

Break out the gadgets and take your class undercover with Pie Corbett’s Alex Rider-themed look at persuasive writing . Children can design and advertise their own spy gadgets with these examples and exercises.

‘Eating insects’ persuasive writing topic for KS2

This 43-page download from literacy resources website Plazoom contains plans and resources for a series of five lessons centred on a unique ‘writing for a purpose’ activity – convincing a teacher to eat insects!

The lessons in this pack aim to give children the opportunity to rehearse persuasive arguments and create a piece of persuasive writing via a series of distinct stages.

George’s Marvellous Medicine lesson plan

In George’s Marvellous Medicine, deodorant is described as ‘Nevermore Ponking Deodorant Spray, guaranteed to keep away unpleasant body smells for a whole day’.

Task children with writing their own persuasive slogans for a variety of everyday products. Can they persuade other class members to buy their product? Get the free lesson plan here .

Practise persuasive writing skills with Topical Tuesday

Plazoom has a large archive of free Topical Tuesdays resources . Each resource features a news story from First News and accompanying reading and writing activities for KS2 students. For example, in the resource highlighted here , pupils are tasked with writing an advert designed to attract more people into teaching.

Write a persuasive menu

In this free lesson plan , pupils will imagine they are opening a restaurant. How will they write a menu that persuades customers to try the different dishes? You’ll look at emotive language and phrasing as well as concepts such as superlatives. Experiment with grammar to make the dishes sound as appealing as possible.

Write to your headteacher

This Morning I Met a Whale by Michael Morpurgo provides children the chance to explore environmental issues and their role and voice in society.

Read the book then send a persuasive letter to your school council or headteacher, asking for whole-school support on an environmental issue. This free PDF contains all the details.

Sentence starters

Download these free sentence starters by teacher Collette Waddle to give your pupils a host of imaginative ideas to dip into. They cover advertisements and persuasion, among other topics, and feature:

• Rhetorical question starters
• How to start a sentence with a verb
• Persuasive statements
• Useful adjectives
• Phrases to provide evidence
• Initial phrases and ending phrases

This free modal verbs KS2 PowerPoint offers a comprehensive and interactive exploration of modal verbs and their application in persuasive writing. Children will undertake a writing challenge where they argue persuasively for their choice of school subject.

Writing features challenge

These worksheets from Plazoom are an excellent way to develop children’s understanding and use of persuasive writing in KS2.

There are a number of activities that demonstrate different types of persuasive writing, along with a model text, examples of adverts, and writing challenges.

Recycling poster activity

Use this free worksheet from Oxford University Press to create persuasive writing posters promoting the benefits of recycling.

Check out our persuasive writing techniques resources for KS3/4.

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How to write a perfect essay

Need to write an essay? Does the assignment feel as big as climbing Mount Everest? Fear not. You’re up to the challenge! The following step-by step tips from the Nat Geo Kids Almanac will help you with this monumental task. 

Sometimes the subject matter of your essay is assigned to you, sometimes it’s not. Either way, you have to decide what you want to say. Start by brainstorming some ideas, writing down any thoughts you have about the subject. Then read over everything you’ve come up with and consider which idea you think is the strongest. Ask yourself what you want to write about the most. Keep in mind the goal of your essay. Can you achieve the goal of the assignment with this topic? If so, you’re good to go.

WRITE A TOPIC SENTENCE

This is the main idea of your essay, a statement of your thoughts on the subject. Again, consider the goal of your essay. Think of the topic sentence as an introduction that tells your reader what the rest of your essay will be about.

OUTLINE YOUR IDEAS

Once you have a good topic sentence, you then need to support that main idea with more detailed information, facts, thoughts, and examples. These supporting points answer one question about your topic sentence—“Why?” This is where research and perhaps more brainstorming come in. Then organize these points in the way you think makes the most sense, probably in order of importance. Now you have an outline for your essay.

ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, WRITE!

Follow your outline, using each of your supporting points as the topic sentence of its own paragraph. Use descriptive words to get your ideas across to the reader. Go into detail, using specific information to tell your story or make your point. Stay on track, making sure that everything you include is somehow related to the main idea of your essay. Use transitions to make your writing flow.

Finish your essay with a conclusion that summarizes your entire essay and 5 restates your main idea.

PROOFREAD AND REVISE

Check for errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar. Look for ways to make your writing clear, understandable, and interesting. Use descriptive verbs, adjectives, or adverbs when possible. It also helps to have someone else read your work to point out things you might have missed. Then make the necessary corrections and changes in a second draft. Repeat this revision process once more to make your final draft as good as you can.

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Writing KS2 Literacy. Links to free to use English writing skills resources, use in the classroom to encourage creative writing or at home to improve your child's writing skills. Age range 8-11 years, KS2, elementary grades 3-6. Ideal to add to your homeschooling portfolio.

Descriptive Writing Video

How to write a descriptive piece based on the coastline. To write a descriptive piece start off by gathering the names of things you see and hear. Add some adjectives to describe these things and put these ideas together to create a descriptive piece about the sea.

Essay Map Interactive

Complete your essay map online or print a blank version to use in the classroom.

Grammar : Sentences Interactive

In writing, words are grouped together into phrases, sentences, clauses and paragraphs. Linking these building blocks together in the right way makes your writing easy to understand and interesting to read.

Picture Book Maker Interactive

Create your own picture book, change the setting and characters, add text, design the cover. Save your book to the gallery, print or email it to a friend.

Seaside Postcard Interactive

A humurous seaside writing activity. By annotating the scene dialogue can be explored and characteristics shown through thought bubbles. A lesson plan is also available for download.

Tom Trueheart Video

Tom Trueheart must rescue his six brothers and their Princess brides from the Land of Dark Stories. Ask the children to write the opening of the story, describing the setting before introducing Tom. Write and record a voice over for the trailer. Ask children to time it, record and overlay onto the film. Write adventure stories using Tom as the hero. Create own version of The Book of Dark stories using prompts from the clip.

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Developing essay-writing skills at secondary

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Take students through the steps to effective essay writing in any subject with these skills lessons and supporting tools

Most students have a love-hate relationship with essay writing. They recognise that it’s one of the best vehicles through which to demonstrate their understanding of a particular topic or subject area, but crafting an essay can take a long time.

Why not make the prospect less daunting with this collection of hand-picked lesson ideas? We’ve also chosen some top tools to help learners to develop their skills, and their confidence, at each stage of the essay-writing process.

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