Teach How to Write a Persuasive Paragraph

When it comes to persuasive writing, half the battle can be coming up with interesting yet age-appropriate persuasive writing ideas!

Thankfully, the Teach Starter team has created this comprehensive set of persuasive writing topic sentence ideas to engage and motivate your learners. Each slide contains a different topic sentence for an age-appropriate persuasive topic. Some examples include:

• Every child deserves access to free, fun parks and playgrounds.
• Recycling should be a rule, not just a choice.
• It is unfair that some children do not have access to technology at home.
• Saving money as a child can help you build good habits for life.
• And many more!

This resource downloads as a Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation. Students can type directly into the slides or use them as a springboard for handwritten work in their notebooks. Teachers can also use the slides for whole-class modeling, making it easy to jointly construct persuasive paragraphs with students.

Use These Persuasive Paragraph Prompts in Multiple Ways

These versatile persuasive paragraph starters can be used in a number of ways to engage your students and inspire their persuasive writing. Here are a few ideas from our experienced team:

1. Lesson Warm-Up – During your persuasive writing unit, display a paragraph starter on the board at the beginning of each lesson. Give your students a time limit to write a short and sharp persuasive paragraph using the featured topic sentence. Afterwards, have volunteers share their writing.
2. Mini Debate – Use the paragraph starters for persuasive writing to inspire mini debates in your classroom. Pair the students up and assign sides (agreeing with the topic or disagreeing with it). Give your students a time limit to have a conversation in which each student argues the viewpoint they have been assigned.
3. Extended Writing – Once students have written their paragraphs using the selected topic sentence, have them extend their writing by constructing an entire persuasive text on the topic containing an introduction, three distinct arguments and a conclusion.

Download These Persuasive Paragraph Starters

Use the Download button above to select your chosen file format. Should you choose the Google Slides file, please note that you will be prompted to make a local copy before accessing.

However you choose to deliver this resource, this flexible teaching and learning tool is perfect for busy teachers who want to save time while delivering high-quality writing instruction!

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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