Help your students begin their persuasive writing with a strong sentence starter.
Captivating Persuasive Sentence Starters for Compelling Arguments
These persuasive sentence starters will help to get your students… well, get started! Set them out on the right track with these strong opening statements. Give your students a copy each of their books or display them around your classroom. An editable version is available for you to add your own sentence starters.
Prominently displaying these persuasive sentence starters in the classroom will serve as an invaluable tool to nurture your students’ growth as proficient writers. These carefully crafted prompts offer a springboard for your students to dive confidently into the world of persuasive writing. By providing your students with a variety of sentence beginnings, you provide them with the scaffolding they need to structure their arguments effectively.
Getting Started with Sentence Starters
Having sentence starters readily available in your classroom is like providing a toolbox of creativity and expression for your young writers. As they embark on their writing journey, sentence starters become trusty companions, helping them to break down the initial barriers of uncertainty. This helps those reluctant writers by filling them with confidence that they can at least get started with their writing.
Download and Display Today!
It’s as simple as hitting download and printing on thick card to ensure durability. Cut along the dotted lines and display them in a prominent place in your classroom. Alternatively, you might like to print each student a copy to stick in their books. This is especially helpful for those reluctant writers as it will be right there in their writing book.
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