KS1 & KS2 English curriculum

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

• First person is used when writing from a fictional character's perspective.
• A letter is a form of non-fictional written communication. These are usually written to facilitate communication between two individuals.
• A complex sentence is a sentence formed of a simple sentence joined with subordination.
• Questions are punctuated with a question mark.
• A compound sentence is formed of two simple sentences and the joining word 'and', 'but' or 'or'.