Persuasive Speech based on 'There's a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom'

3 Weeks planning and resources based on the text There’s a Rang-Tan in my Bedroom by James Sellick.

Week 1 - immersion in the text:
TASK: think, wonder, infer from pictures
TASK: Research orangutans
TASK: Email to London Zoo
TASK: compare settings using conjunctions
TASK: letter to chocolate company

Week 2 - learning some features of persuasive writing
TASK: create a story map & write a narrative/draw illustrations
TASK: Letter to Greta Thunberg
TASK: Identifying features of persuasive writing
TASK: research based on palm oil

Week 3 - developing speech writing skills
TASK: Adding facts to opinions to make them more persuasive.
TASK: write sentences containing a modal
TASK: Write a persuasive speech