FUN Persuasive Essay + Speaking: Lesson Plans, Activities, Examples 11-14 years

Want to get your students excited about writing a good persuasive essay? Here are practical answers; an antidote to anxiety in the classroom. Immediately, you can use these lesson plans and activities that contain an element of fun. Coupled with fit-to-purpose resources, your students will build confidence and skills as they learn to -

• Explore dangerous jobs and see how their pay stacks up against what they have to do.
• Compare average salaries across the USA and see who comes out ahead.
• Discover more about persuasive techniques that are used by lawyers, marketeers and politicians worldwide.
• Understand why the ability to persuade can change lives for the better.
• Plan arguments that are well structured and specific.
• Write a robust Thesis Statement.
• Practice planning to write using a workable structure.
• Stay motivated, right to the end.

Resources included in this pack
Confidence building activities
Mini and comprehensive reading activities
Mini and comprehensive writing / planning activities
Online resource suggestions + search terms
Example of Thesis Statement structure
Sample templates to build essay structure

Please contact Claire Vorster for free resources, or with other questions.