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Persuasive Writing Introduction

Help the organisers of a new lunchtime garden persuade other tamariki to join in. Read the short messages, spot the persuasive choices, then write your own.

Read the two messages

MESSAGE A: Come to the lunchtime garden! You can plant crunchy lettuce, smell lovely flowers and help our garden grow. Join us on Thursday. It will be fun! MESSAGE B: Do you want a better lunchtime? Join the garden crew this Thursday! You will grow fresh kai, help bees find flowers and enjoy the sunshine. Come along—come along—and make our garden amazing!

1.Choose the best explanation of persuasive writing.

Writing that tries to convince someone to think or do something
Writing that lists events in the order they happened
Writing that explains how to make something

2.For Message B, what does the writer want readers to do, and who is the most likely audience?

3.Copy one word from Message B that speaks directly to the reader.

4.Match each persuasive technique to the example from Message B.

Question
Direct address
Repetition
Positive, exciting words

“You will grow fresh kai”
“amazing”
“Come along—come along”
“Do you want a better lunchtime?”

5.Choose Message A or Message B. Give one reason from the messages to support your choice.

6.Message B’s purpose is to tell a made-up story about a garden.

TrueFalse

7.Rewrite this plain sentence to make it more persuasive: “The garden has flowers.” Include a positive describing word.

8.Which reason would best persuade children to join the garden crew?

You can grow food and help flowers that bees visit.
The garden is beside a fence.
The garden has some soil.

9.Write two or three persuasive sentences inviting children to join the lunchtime garden crew. Include at least one reason and one technique, such as direct address, a question, repetition or exciting words.

Draw one detail that would make your garden invitation appealing, such as a seedling, a flower or a watering can.