What you should be able to do
- Develop secure claims with clear guided foundations.
- Develop increasingly independent reasons with clear guided foundations.
- Develop applied evidence with clear guided foundations.
- Develop confident rhetoric with clear guided foundations.
- Apply Persuasive Writing skills through playful creation appropriate to ages 10–12.
- Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.
Course journey
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 10–12.
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 Upper Primary learners (ages 10–12) who want to develop claims, reasons, evidence, rhetoric at Foundation 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.