Starter quiz
- What are the main characters in 'The Day the Crayons Quit'?
- gluesticks
- crayons ✓
- Duncan
- school children
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- What does a full sentence need to include?
- a comma
- a capital letter ✓
- a verb ✓
- a full stop ✓
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- Why are the crayons writing to Duncan, their owner?
- to say hello
- to say thank you
- to explain why they are quitting ✓
- to tell him about themselves
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- Which sentence is written in the first person?
- They are feeling neglected.
- He is worried about his friends.
- I am worried about the other crayons. ✓
- You are neglecting the crayons.
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- Which of the following are key linguistic features of a persuasive letter?
- speech sentence
- exaggeration ✓
- figurative language
- rhetorical question ✓
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- What does persuade mean?
- to give a different idea to your partner
- to convince or to make someone agree with you ✓
- to give your opinion
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Exit quiz
- What is first person perspective?
- the point of view where the speaker or writer is the 'I' character ✓
- the first person who speaks in a story
- the first person who appears in a story
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- Order the following to show the order that they will appear in your persuasive letter.
- 1⇔salutation
- 2⇔first paragraph
- 3⇔second paragraph
- 4⇔sign-off
- How should your notes for a persuasive letter be organised?
- in full sentences
- in bullet points ✓
- in alphabetical order
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- Why was the red one frustrated with Duncan?
- Duncan was using it for the wrong drawings.
- Duncan was using it too much. ✓
- Duncan had broken it.
- Duncan was not using it enough.
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- Which adjectives would be appropriate for describing the red character?
- fed up ✓
- elated
- worn out ✓
- bored
- restless
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- Which sentence should end with a question mark?
- How annoying
- Why are you always choosing me ✓
- This is very frustrating
- What a tiring day
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- When rehearsing and planning for a persuasive letter, we do so in the first person from the character's perspective.
- A plan is written in note format using bullet points to capture the most important information.
- Persuasive letters have distinctive linguistic features in order to achieve their purpose.
- The subordinating conjunction 'because' is used to give a reason for why a character is feeling a certain way.
- First person perspective is the point of view where the writer is the 'I' character.
Common misconception
Pupils may find it difficult to write in the character of the red crayon.
Ensure that you have additional resources like word banks for pupils to refer to that reference 'I', 'me', 'my', 'we', 'our' and 'us' words.
Keywords
Perspective - the way someone thinks, feels or sees something
Plan - a framework that writers create before they write a section or whole text
Notes - written out of full sentences
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