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Literacy Coordinator and Second in department
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Literacy Coordinator and Second in department
Citizenship
Battery Hens. Writing a persuasive (yet balanced) speech on animal welfare.
Lesson 1 in a series of lessons aimed to promote reading a writing skills (focusing on Non-Fiction and Media Texts).
The presentation features a series of thought provoking images where pupils are guided to discuss their thoughts as a class (or in groups) to develop an understanding of the issues facing animal welfare. The final task is to create a speech to state whether the pupil is for or against battery hen farming to be banned in the U.K. This can then be peer assessed with the worksheet provided
the material provided is not intended to influence pupils opinions rather develop confidence to voice their own.
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Animal welfare: SOW focusing on persuasive writing skills and Identifying the format and content of non-fiction texts.
A series of 8 lessons (Plus one assessment lesson) focusing on the topic of Animal rights and animal welfare. The SOW encourages pupils to develop their own opinions on the topic through a series of comprehension and speaking and listening activities. Pupils then apply their knowledge of persuasive techniques through a series of writing tasks, which also encourages pupils to investigate and recreate the format of a range of non-fiction texts.
Lesson order:
An introduction to Fables: Comprehension
An introduction to Fables: Writing
William Blake's Tyger
Battery Hens: Speech writing
Animal testing: Newspaper articles
Animal Testing: Write a persuasive argument (2 lessons)
Animal Welfare: Design a leaflet
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Persuasive Techniques. Analysis and imaginative writing.
A series of lessons designed to identify, analyse and re-imagine persuasive writing techniques.