Years 5–6 · 20 lessons
Scholarship Persuasive Writing
Make a point. Give it reasons. Bring the reader with you.
Develop a clear position, support it with reasons and examples, and shape your writing for the reader.
What students practise
Build skills through specific choices.
Organise a sustained argument
Consider the reader and objections
Inside the course
20 lessons. A clear route through.
Open each module to explore the lesson titles. The first three lessons are the free starting point.
Module 1 — Position and reasons · 6 lessons
- 01What the Marker Is Looking For · Free lesson
- 02Position in Sentence One · Free lesson
- 03Three Reasons That Are Really Three · Free lesson
- 04Evidence a Year 6 Can Honestly Know
- 05Mining the Statement Stimulus
- 06Practice Run 1: Position and Three Reasons
Module 2 — Structure · 5 lessons
- 07The Persuasive Skeleton and Topic Sentences
- 08Crescendo: Strongest Last
- 09The Concession and the Rebuttal
- 10Conclusions: Restate and Call to Action
- 11Practice Run 2: The Full Skeleton in 15 Minutes
Module 3 — Reader and rhetoric · 5 lessons
- 12Reader Profile and the Register Dial
- 13Persuasive Devices I
- 14Persuasive Devices II: Restraint
- 15Hooks, Calls to Action and Persuasive Syntax
- 16Practice Run 3: Devices with Restraint
Module 4 — The clock · 4 lessons
- 17The 3-Minute Plan and the 60-Second Head Plan
- 18The 25-Minute Run (Course Practice)
- 19Two Course Clocks: Edutest 15 and AAS 27
- 20Retest, Then Your Persuasive Handbook
Questions parents ask
Before you begin.
Where do the lessons open?
The course opens in the existing Ace Achievers learning area, where the lesson list and practice activities are organised together.
Do I receive unlimited assessments?
No. This course includes 10 full writing assessments. Additional assessment packs are separate.
What should we do with feedback?
Check the comments against the task and original writing, choose a useful next practice, and revisit the draft.