Planning a persuasive letter
I can plan the main paragraphs of a persuasive letter.
Planning a persuasive letter
I can plan the main paragraphs of a persuasive letter.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- When rehearsing and planning for a persuasive letter, we do so in the first person from the character's perspective.
- A plan is written in note format using bullet points to capture the most important information.
- Persuasive letters have distinctive linguistic features in order to achieve their purpose.
- The subordinating conjunction 'because' is used to give a reason for why a character is feeling a certain way.
- First person perspective is the point of view where the writer is the 'I' character.
Keywords
Perspective - the way someone thinks, feels or sees something
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to write in the character of the red crayon.
Ensure that you have additional resources like word banks for pupils to refer to that reference 'I', 'me', 'my', 'we', 'our' and 'us' words.
Equipment
You need a copy of the 2016 Harper Collins edition of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit', written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers for this lesson.
Licence
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