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Circus Animals
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to write a discussion text to outline some of the arguments for and against an animal welfare issue. The class can compose a letter to the owner of circus in favour of or against performing animals using special vocabulary and sentence structures.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to write a discussion text to outline some of the arguments for and against an animal welfare issue
Learning Objectives
Discuss and evaluate how authors use language considering the impact on the reader. Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning.
Learning Outcomes
I can select emotive language, half-truths, statistics and powerful verbs and adjectives to argue a point of view. I can say how writers use language to discuss arguments for an issue.
Circus Animals
Teaching sequence to help the children write a discussion text to outline some of the arguments for and against an animal welfare issue
Support the Circus
Shared reading text to help the children identify and explain how to structure and format a discussion text to present arguments for or against an issue
For or Against
Activity to help the children identify and list a range of different arguments for or against an issue about animal welfare
Circus Letter
Template to help the children compose a letter to the owner of circus in favour of or against performing animals
Circus Animals
Interactive activity to help the children write a discussion text to outline some of the arguments for and against an animal welfare issue
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to write a discussion text to outline some of the arguments for and against an animal welfare issue
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