Writing

CURRICULUM FOCUS

We are learning to include persuasive language techniques in our writing.

VOCABULARY

Persuasive writing techniques:  

Alliteration: the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Facts: a thing that is known or proved to be true.

Opinion: a view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

Rhetorical question: a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

Emotive language: Emotive language refers to specific word choices that are made in order to elicit an emotional response from the reader/listener

Statistics: a fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.

Triplets (rule of three): three descriptive words in a row to create a deeper image for the reader to visualise.

ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO AT HOME TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

Students practise adding persuasive writing techniques into their paragraphs. 

Topics they could use are:

• All schools should have a therapy dog
• Everyone should do their bit to care for our environment
• Protect endangered species