Year 5 Persuasive writing

Linking to Year 5 unit of Food, Glorious Food! This persuasive writing unit introduces persuasive writing about healthy eating and Fairtrade products.

By the end of the unit, children will be encouraged to write a persuasive text, persuading an audience to use Fairtrade products.

This resource includes:
Teaching slides and resources for the following lessons-

• To identify what a persuasive text is
• To respond to a persuasive text
• To compare and contrast persuasive media
• To identify the structure of persuasive writing
• To identify the language of persuasion
• To find examples of persuasive language.

Each lesson is split into a starter, following an i-model, and a main activity.

i-model:

1. Immerse
2. Imitate
3. Innovate
4. Invent
5. Improve