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School Olympics
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to write a letter to persuade the Olympic committee to hold the next games on the school field. The class can select and record viewpoints of a group that might impacted by a large sporting event held at the school to use when composing their letters.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to write a letter to persuade the Olympic committee to hold the next games on the school field
Learning Objectives
Discuss and evaluate how authors use persuasive language considering the impact on the reader. Identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and using other similar writing as models for their own.
Learning Outcomes
I can identify strong examples of persuasive language to persuade the reader to support a viewpoint. I can write a letter to argue in favour of a particular viewpoint.
School Olympics
Teaching sequence to help the children write a letter to persuade the Olympic committee to hold the next games on the school field
St Cuthbert’s Primary
Shared reading text to help the children identify and describe how to use persuasive language to argue a viewpoint about a large sporting event being held at the school
Olympic Viewpoints
Activity cards to help the children select and record different reasons for and against holding the Olympics at the school
Persuasive Writing Checklist
Activity to help the children check and make corrections and improvements to a letter that uses persuasive language to argue a point of view
School Olympics
Interactive activity to help the children write a letter to persuade the Olympic committee to hold the next games on the school field
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to write a letter to persuade the Olympic committee to hold the next games on the school field
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