Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how to format and structure a discussion text to illustrate and present arguments in support of recycling household waste, a worksheet and cards to identify and record arguments for and against the issue of recycling materials and a template to structure and format a discussion text to illustrate and present arguments about recycling household waste.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compose a discussion text to illustrate and present arguments in support of recycling household waste.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise composing a selection of discussion texts to debate issues surrounding environmental concerns and protections. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.