Room 101 Persuasive Writing SoW for KS3

This unit of work is a heavily chunked writing unit that guides learners slowly through the process of producing an extended piece of persuasive writing. The “Room 101 Rant” that learners produce is themed on the Room 101 TV show where contestants “banish” things that annoy them about the real world. By using persuasive techniques and a discursive structure, learners will persuade their reader of the three things that they would banish from the real world.

This is a fun and highly engaging unit of work, designed for S2/Y8 learners, but is well suited to lower year groups. As well as the main skills of writing, reviewing, and identifying/using persuasive language, this unit engages heavily with self- and peer- modes of assessment, and practises learners’ ability to deliver and utilise them both.

The unit of nine main lessons (most were designed as double periods) guides the class through the production of a first and final draft piece of persuasive writing, which can be used for summative assessment.

The unit includes differentiated materials to support the higher and lower ends, as well as a set of nine main lesson PPTs which are visually well designed and supported with engaging starter tasks, plenaries, digital learning activities, and interactive timers embedded into the PPT.