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Persuasive Texts - Stage 1: Teacher Resources and Lesson Ideas

Curriculum Corner Writing Unit

This unit of work from The Curriculum Corner includes posters, templates, lesson ideas, planning ideas, persuasive word examples, opinion sentence starters and more. There are lots of resources here that are ready for you to just pick up and start using. The webpage also outlines lots of lesson ideas and step by step instructions on how you can use this resource OR just pick and choose what works for you and your students.

NAPLAN: City or Country Writing Pompt

Click here to access this 'City or Country' NAPLAN writing prompt.

CPALMS - The Best Pet Tutorial

This interactive tutorial reviews the difference between fact and opinion and then takes students step by step through identifying opinions and reasons within simple persuasive texts. Developing by CPALMS (associated with Florida University) this resource is still relevant for Australian students beginning to learn about persuasive writing.

Persuasive Text PowerPoint with Writing Ideas and Student Checklists

Sourced from https://snapshot-21stcentury-learning.weebly.com/persuade.html

NAPLAN: Books or TV Writing Prompt

Click here to access this 'Books vs TV' NAPLAN writing prompt.

Squarehead Teachers - 62 Persuasive Writing Prompts

Click here for 62 persuasive writing prompts for kids.

Education.com - Opinion Writing Resources

Education.com offer a range of opinion writing graphic organisers and lesson ideas here. You do need to sign up but registration is free.