Writing to argue, persuade, advise

A fun activity which puts your students' persuasive writing skills to the test!

A persuasive writing activity in which students have to create an advert for their 'Planet Perfect'.

A secret formula for writing good arguments to help students to plan and write arguments. A whizzy version is included.

Students write a launch for a new sports drink to try and win a marketing contract.

A good guide to writing convincing problem page letters and responses. Students find their own examples then write a version of their own. Magazines and newspapers not included!

Persuade the producers that your school is the place for a UK version of 'High School Musical'.

A writing mat to assist KS3 students in writing a persuasive letter.

A thought-provoking stimulus for a writing to advise letter writing task.

A model answer for students to annotate according to listed success criteria. Students are then asked to create their own school trip argument.

A lovely persuasive activity, well suited to lower ability pupils. Gives suggestions and guidance for writing an emotive description for a house.

Suggestions for approaching persuasive writing. Includes a list of key Teachit persuasive writing resources and ways they might be used.

Write a speech to deliver to the council about the needs of young people.

An enticing stimulus for a persuasive letter writing task - apply to have your dream come true.

Aka pelmanism. A nice way of consolidating key terminology.

Useful as a stimulus for creative writing and a soft introduction to the text itself. Before reading the original speech students use the words to write poems, so there is recognition and the possibility of special insights into the imagery when the speech is introduced. Alternatively, use to analyse King's use of vocabularly, especially repetition.

Plans and writing frames to help students to design and evaluate a persuasive leaflet for a theme park.

An estate agent's description of a house could be misleading - students look for clues and re-write it.

In groups, produce a poster to persuade non-smoking pupils to report smokers. Includes four different briefs.

Learn persuasive skills to apply to your own work.

A flexible mix and match activity. (Match the technique to the description and example). (Trail1)

A writing frame.

Sample question - write a GCSE revision advice sheet. Includes useful phrases.

5 pages, including OHT checklists of features of informative, persuasive and argument writing.

A cloze exercise and teacher's notes examining the use of emotive language in persuasive writing.

An exercise in persuasive writing.