Year 4

Writing - Term 3
‘Persuasive Letter’

Task: Students write a letter to someone (teacher, parent, sibling) trying to convince them to allow something.
Students must use the PEE structure and include an introduction and conclusion.
Outcomes:
Students create a persuasive letter which includes the following components
• Introduction: Sizzling starter, thesis statement and 3 reasons
• 3 x PEE Paragraphs: Point, evidence and explanation
• Conclusion: One of the following strategies: Call to action, prediction OR solution.

Excellent High 
 Satisfactory Limited Very low

achievement achievement achievement achievement achievement

Writing is descriptive Writing is descriptive Uses some descriptive

Descriptive

Does not meet the

and includes a large and includes writing such as Uses simple words
requirements of a D
range of adjectives adjectives and adjectives and throughout.
grade.
and adverbs. adverbs. adverbs.

Uses most Uses some Uses limited

Writing Components

Uses all components

components required components from the components required
required such as;
such as; Sizzling following list; Sizzling from the following list; Does not meet the
Sizzling starter, thesis,
starter, thesis, three starter, thesis, three Sizzling starter, thesis, requirements of a D
three reasons, three
reasons, three PEE reasons, three PEE three reasons, three grade.
PEE paragraphs and
paragraphs and paragraphs and PEE paragraphs and
conclusion.
conclusion. conclusion. conclusion.

Uses knowledge of
Uses knowledge of Uses knowledge of Attempts to spell
letter patterns and
letter patterns and letter patterns and common words using
letter combinations to Does not meet the
Spelling

letter combinations to letter combinations to knowledge of letter

spell common words requirements of a D
spell common and spell common words, patterns and letter
accurately and grade.
less familiar words accurately. combinations.
attempt less familiar
with accuracy.
words.
Punctuation

Consistently and Does not meet the

Uses punctuation Uses mostly correct Uses simple
accurately uses requirements of a D
accurately. punctuation. punctuation.
punctuation. grade.

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