RCI-15316 · Persuasive Writing

Persuasive Writing — Primary Confident Skill Builder · Club / Workshop

Convince an audience using clear claims, reasons, evidence and rhetorical choices. This version is designed for ages 7–9 at confident level through social, activity-rich workshop learning.

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What you should be able to do

  • Develop secure claims with purposeful independent application.
  • Develop increasingly independent reasons with purposeful independent application.
  • Develop applied evidence with purposeful independent application.
  • Develop confident rhetoric with purposeful independent application.
  • Apply Persuasive Writing skills through structured practice appropriate to ages 7–9.
  • Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.

Course journey

Unit 1 · Make the ClaimFocus: claims

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 7–9.

Unit 2 · Build the ReasonFocus: reasons

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 7–9.

Unit 3 · Support with EvidenceFocus: evidence

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 7–9.

Unit 4 · Persuade the AudienceFocus: rhetoric

Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 7–9.

How learning is evidenced

Practice evidence

Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.

Completion task

A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.

Who this pathway is for

This pathway is designed for Primary learners (ages 7–9) who want to develop claims, reasons, evidence, rhetoric at Confident level.

Progression

After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Persuasive Writing, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.

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