This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and model how to format and structure a discursive writing text to argue different points of view about whether pupils should be allowed to use mobile phones when at school.

The class can identify and record some of the sentence structures and vocabulary phrases that could be utilised when arguing a viewpoint about an issue.

Download this teaching pack including a classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and model how to format and structure a discursive writing text to argue different points of view about whether pupils should be allowed to use mobile phones when at school

Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how to structure and format discursive writing to present arguments and viewpoints about an issue and worksheets to identify and record arguments for and against using mobile phones in the school.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to how to format and structure a text to argue different points of view about as aspect of school life.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to explain and model how to compose a range of discussion texts to debate and present arguments about issues that are important to life in a school. 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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