Why we should go on a school trip to Mars - persuasive text example and lesson ideas

An exciting and engaging persuasive text in the format of a formal letter that persuades a teacher to take their class on an outing to the red planet.

Text exemplar with worksheets, a presentation and lesson ideas. This original and exciting text encourages pupils to talk, innovate and then write. The 4 resources can be used for Big Writing. The exemplar text is ideal for when pupils are imitating, innovating or inventing. What a good one looks like (WAGOLL).

Download includes:
- the text of a persuasive argument
- a pupil worksheet containing an analysis of the language features
- a PowerPoint presentation of the text
- 8 ideas for how to use the text in lessons that will easily last a week

This example text can be used by pupils to:
- observe the features of persuasive arguments: opinion; argument; viewpoint; emotive language; rhetorical questions; introduction; conclusion.
- rewrite the text using their own language or by borrowing phrases
- write a persuasive argument in the style of the author

Ideal for use in KS2 during a project on space.