teaching resource

Let Me Persuade You - Persuasive Writing Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  18 Feb 2026

Use this persuasive writing prompt to encourage younger students to persuade readers to buy their lunchbox design.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  6 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 2

Curriculum

  • AC9E1LY06

    Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllab

  • AC9E2LY06

    Create and edit short imaginative, informative and persuasive written and/or multimodal texts for familiar audiences, using text structure appropriate to purpose, simple and compound sentences, noun groups and verb groups, topic- specific vocabulary, simple punctuation and common 2-syllable words

teaching resource

Let Me Persuade You - Persuasive Writing Activity

  • Updated

    Updated:  18 Feb 2026

Use this persuasive writing prompt to encourage younger students to persuade readers to buy their lunchbox design.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  6 Pages

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  1 - 2

Use this persuasive writing prompt to encourage younger students to persuade readers to buy their lunchbox design.

Persuasive Writing – Lunchbox Craft Pack

Bring persuasive writing to life with this hands‑on lunchbox craft activity designed especially for Year 1 and Year 2 learners. Students will design, decorate, and “market” their very own lunchbox while practising the fundamentals of persuasive language in a meaningful, creative way.

This resource makes writing exciting, accessible, and purposeful — perfect for literacy rotations, writing centres, or a whole‑class mini‑unit.

Inside this download, you’ll find everything you need for an engaging writing session:

  • A student‑friendly lunchbox template ready to decorate
  • Two persuasive writing pages with sentence starter prompts
  • Clear directions to help students design, describe, and “sell” their lunchbox
  • Cut‑and‑paste elements to complete the final display

Each component is designed to support early writers, build confidence, and encourage creativity.

Persuasive Writing Prompts for Early Years

This persuasive writing prompt for the early years encourages confident, enthusiastic writers with this engaging idea. 

Students will practise the following:

  • Persuasive language skills
  • Beginning writing structure (statements, reasons, conclusions)
  • Creative thinking and vocabulary development
  • Fine motor skills through drawing, cutting, and writing

Perfect for literacy rotations, whole‑class lessons, or independent writing tasks, these prompts make learning persuasive writing fun, accessible, and hands‑on for young learner

Download and Display Persuasive Writing Today

This resource not only provides a fantastic persuasive writing prompt idea, but also provides a great persuasive writing display for students to proudly show their work. 

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF or the editable Google Slide version of this resource.


This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter collaborator.


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