Literacy March 2011

We are going to be beginning the study of persuasive texts in the next week or so. We will be:

• Considering adverts and their features.
• Writing our own adverts for a product
• Creating an Apprentice-style sales pitch for a sports club in groups.
• Appraising a series of persuasive letters, distinguishing between fact and opinion, identifying the features of persuasive letters and writing our own based on the issue of 'Should playtime be banned!!!?'
• Imagining that a new supermarket is going to be built in our area: this will prompt our writing and speaking about it: writing to persuade local residents to use the supermarket, writing persuasive poetry to protest at the problems it will cause for wildlife, using dramatic techniques to argue the pros and cons of such a new venture coming to the area, present our opinions in a debate.
• Creating persuasive resources to promote London Wetlands centre

So, get that persuasive language into gear!!!!