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Year 3

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

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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.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of some non-fiction writing skills in the Year 3 unit 'Mummification: explanation text'. However, this is pupils' first experience of writing persusasively, learning specific persuasive techniques to apply to a formal letter. Pupils learn to use flattery and rhetorical questions successfully to persuade a letter's recipient, as well as how to apply conventions in formal letter writing. This unit prepares pupils for exploring more persuasive writing techniques in the Year 4 unit 'Healthy eating adverts: persuasive writing'.

  1. Engaging with the plot of 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
  2. Exploring the characters' emotions in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'
  3. The features of a persuasive letter
  4. Planning a persuasive letter
  5. Writing the first paragraph of a persuasive letter
  6. Writing the second paragraph of a persuasive letter
  7. Peer editing a persuasive letter
  8. Reading aloud a persuasive letter
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