Lesson Four – For or Against

This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore how to select and record a list of arguments presenting viewpoints for and against installing a wind turbine in the school grounds.
The class can explain and model how to compose sentences using special persuasive language to get others to support their viewpoints about the installation of a wind turbine.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and record a list of arguments presenting viewpoints for and against installing a wind turbine in the school grounds
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of templates to select and record a list of arguments for and against installing a wind turbine in the school grounds to show some of the different viewpoints of groups who might be affected by the issue.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record a list of arguments for and against installing a wind turbine in the school grounds.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate opposing viewpoints as presented in the media about environmental issues, explore spellings of words with cial endings and practise punctuating sentences using commas. The class can outline arguments for and against building a wind turbine. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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