📝 Part 1: Understanding Audience and Purpose

1. What does it mean to persuade someone?

2. Circle the best definition of "audience" in persuasive writing:

The people who will read your writing

The topic you are writing about

The length of your writing

The place where you write

3. What is the "purpose" of persuasive writing?

To tell a story

To describe something

To convince someone to think or do something

To give directions

🔍 Part 2: Comparing Persuasive Texts

4. Read the two persuasive texts your teacher showed you. Match each feature to the correct audience:

1. Simple, fun language

2. Formal, serious tone

3. Uses "awesome" and "cool"

4. Uses "important" and "beneficial"

A. Text for adults

B. Text for children

C. Text for children

D. Text for adults

5. What was similar about both persuasive texts? (Check all that apply)

Both tried to convince the reader

Both gave reasons for their opinion

Both used exactly the same words

Both had a clear message

🎯 Part 3: Planning Your Persuasive Writing

6. Topic: Persuading the school to have a class pet

Choose your audience and complete the planning below:

My audience is: (Circle one)

Other students in my class

Parents and caregivers

The school principal

Teachers

7. My opinion statement for this audience:

I think our class should have a pet because ________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

8. Why would this reason appeal to your chosen audience?

💭 Part 4: Thinking About Different Audiences

9. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words for each audience:

Writing to students: Having a class pet would be __________ because we could __________ with it every day and learn __________ things!

Writing to the principal: A class pet would be __________ for our learning because it would help students develop __________ and __________.

10. How would you change your writing style for these different audiences?

11. Why is it important to know who you are writing for?

✏️ Part 5: Your Turn to Write

12. Choose a new topic and write two different opening sentences - one for children and one for adults:

Topic ideas: Later bedtime, more playground equipment, healthy school lunches, recycling programme

My topic: ________________________________________________

Writing for children:

Writing for adults:

13. Reflection: What did you learn about audience and purpose in persuasive writing today?

Persuasive Writing Audience Purpose

Persuasive Writing Audience Purpose

📝 Part 1: Understanding Audience and Purpose

🔍 Part 2: Comparing Persuasive Texts

🎯 Part 3: Planning Your Persuasive Writing

💭 Part 4: Thinking About Different Audiences

✏️ Part 5: Your Turn to Write

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