Pet Ownership
This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to research and present a range of arguments for and against the issue of pet ownership to publish in a magazine article for families to decide whether they wish to keep a pet.
The class can select and list a range of different arguments for and against families keeping animals as pets to use when composing their magazine articles.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to research and present a range of arguments for and against the issue of pet ownership to publish in a magazine article for families to decide whether they wish to keep a pet
Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how to present arguments for and against an issue in discursive writing, a template and cards to identify and sort arguments for and against keeping animals as pets and a worksheet to draft and edit a discussion text about pet ownership.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to research and present a range of arguments for and against the issue of pet ownership.
This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to practise structuring and formatting a range of discussion texts to present arguments for or against issues that are important to a family. 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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