WRITING TO PERSUADE Assessment

EXAMPLE QUESTION Your school or college is inviting entries for a writing competition. The topic is “School trips are a waste of time and money.” Write your entry explaining your point of view and persuading readers. Your school is inviting entries for a writing competition. Audience Purpose Genre

Read the example response and highlight the following features: EXAMPLE QUESTION Read the example response and highlight the following features: Rhetorical questions Where have they been placed? What effect does this placement have? Triples Alliteration Opinion disguised as fact Undermining the opposite view Exaggeration (Hyperbole) Personal pronouns/direct address Using the Q5 mark scheme, award this piece of writing a mark out of 40.

It makes students proud It weakens students’ creativity It makes students equal It is restrictive It provides a sense of belonging

ARE SCHOOL UNIFORMS GOOD OR BAD? BENEFITS DRAWBACKS

SCHOOL UNIFORMS 45 minutes – 40 marks Canons High School are reviewing their school uniform policy and have asked to hear students’ views. Write a letter to Mr. Bartle in response, persuading him to either keep school uniform or have it abolished. 5 minutes to look over notes Rhetorical devices & AFOREST Trump/Rogers GCSEPod notes 45 minutes – 40 marks

Plan topics by paragraph 45 MINUTES – 40 MARKS 5 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes Plan topics by paragraph Introduction First Paragraph Second Paragraph Second paragraph Third Paragraph Conclusion