Teach pupils how to write persuasive texts with this detailed KS2 resource pack. The materials focus on two WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) examples: a letter about rap music in schools and a discussion text about library closures.
These model texts give children a clear sense of persuasive techniques in action, while the supporting resources help them plan, structure and improve their own writing.
What’s included in the pack?
- Model Text 1 – Persuasive Letter: Why can’t rap music be taught in schools?
A letter written by a ten-year-old to her MP, showing how to combine facts, opinions, rhetorical questions and emotive language. Pupils can annotate this text to spot features such as topic sentences, structured arguments and conditional phrases. - Model Text 2 – Discussion Text: Why should we not close our libraries?
A structured argument against library closures, rich in persuasive features. The text explores counter-arguments, uses causal conjunctions like because, therefore and as a result, and appeals to the reader with both logic and emotion. - Success criteria checklists
Clear steps to follow when writing persuasively: introduce your point of view at the start, use paragraphs for each main idea, restate your argument at the end, and include features such as facts, rhetorical questions and emotive language. - Vocabulary and examples
A wide bank of emotive words such as disastrous, magnificent, hopeful and tragic, plus ready-made rhetorical questions like Do you want the best things in life? that pupils can adapt in their own writing. - Planning sheets
Templates to help pupils organise their ideas, build a structured argument and develop points step by step.
What pupils will learn
This resource shows pupils that persuasive writing aims to convince the reader to think or act in a certain way. They will explore how adverts, reviews, letters and discussion texts use structure, grammar and vocabulary choices to strengthen arguments.
With the success criteria and planning tools, pupils can practise creating topic sentences, linking ideas with conjunctions and choosing words that change the reader’s response.
Curriculum links
The pack supports the KS2 English programme of study by helping pupils:
- discuss and analyse similar writing so they can learn from structure, vocabulary and grammar
- identify the audience and purpose of their own writing and choose the right form
- draft and write using appropriate grammar and vocabulary to enhance meaning
This WAGOLL resource pack gives you everything you need to show pupils how persuasive writing works and how they can create confident, engaging texts of their own.