Planning a persuasive letter

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Engaging with the plot of  'The Day the Crayons Quit'

Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'

The features of a persuasive letter

Writing the first paragraph of a persuasive letter

Writing the second paragraph of a persuasive letter

Peer editing a persuasive letter

Reading aloud a persuasive letter

In this unit, pupils learned how to use first person when writing in character for the purpose of writing a letter. In, 'The Journey', pupils will continue to write in character for the purpose of writing a diary.

 - In ‘The Man on the Moon’, pupils learnt to use complex sentences for setting and character descriptions. In this unit, pupils learn how to use complex sentences when giving an opinion and a reason. 

In this unit, pupils write a persuasive letter, using the picture book 'The Day the Crayons Quit' by Drew Daywalt as their starting point. They learn about persuasive writing devices, including flattery and rhetorical questions. Pupils learn and apply a variety of conventions of letter writing.

'The Day the Crayons Quit': reading and writing persuasive letters

the point of view where the speaker or writer is the 'I' character

Order the following to show the order that they will appear in your persuasive letter. 

How should your notes for a persuasive letter be organised?

Duncan was using it for the wrong drawings. 

Why was the red one frustrated with Duncan?

Which adjectives would be appropriate for describing the red character?

Which sentence should end with a question mark?

What are the main characters in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?

What does a full sentence need to include?

Why are the crayons writing to Duncan, their owner?

Which sentence is written in the first person?

Which of the following are key linguistic features of a persuasive letter?

to convince or to make someone agree with you

Planning a persuasive letter

Lesson outcome