Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
A board game to practice brainstorming using mind maps, Venn diagrams, and cause and effect charts.
A template for students to plan an argumentative text.
A 70-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
An 80-slide PowerPoint presentation containing a variety of quick warm-up activities.
A persuasive writing task based on real-world issues affecting children.
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their persuasive writing.
Have your students use strong introductory phrases in their persuasive writing.
Monthly writing calendar with 240 writing prompts for the year.
A sorting activity for low and high modality words.
A worksheet for students to practice using persuasive devices in their writing.
A worksheet for students to practice using persuasive devices in their writing.
A worksheet to help teach students the author’s craft of using personal pronouns in persuasive text.
A worksheet to help teach students the author's craft of using modality words to persuade the reader.
A set of 3 worksheets to use when teaching your students about persuasive devices.
A worksheet to reinforce student knowledge of persuasive devices.
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rhetorical questions.
A simple and effective graphic organizer that can be used for a wide range of purposes including note taking, mind mapping, and planning writing responses.
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
An engaging, creative task where students design their own t-shirt promoting the conservation of the Amazon rainforest.
A PEEL paragraph technique poster, explanatory worksheet and graphic organizer.
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their opinion pieces.
A planning template for students to use when writing an opinion paragraph.
Use the OREO persuasive writing frames to support your student's opinion writing skills.
A one page scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an opinion text.
A set of 5 opinion writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing persuasive devices.
A poster about discussions, including an annotated example.