Arguments

We have been writing arguments. The big idea is to persuade our audience of our view point. We have been considering the both sides of an argument before making our own point of view. We will share some later this week.
Here are some of our topics
• Why should people have pets?
• How can we get rid of pollution?
• Cats make great pets
• Milk or sweets
• Sesame Street is a great watch
• Why is war bad?
• Exercising daily is important
• Fizzy drink should be in our school fountains
• Uniforms should e worn at all schools

Our Success Criteria
L2
•Gives 3 - 4 ideas with some supporting evidence
•Attempts to use paragraphs to sequence ideas
•Uses framework for an argument – Introduction, ideas for and against and conclusion
•Uses compound and trying to use complex sentences
•Uses some persuasive/emotive language which appeals to audience e.g. love, strongly agree/disagree
•Sentences sound right and make sense
•Uses capital letters, full stops independently & commas, exclamation marks with support
•Using variety of joining words e.g. because, so, therefore
•Samples words in the margin

L3
•Presents more than 4 ideas which are backed up with supporting evidence
•Uses syllables when spelling and checks using the dictionary
•Sequences ideas using paragraphs
•Uses framework for an argument – Introduction, ideas for and against and conclusion
•Can use a variety of sentences (compound & complex)– simple sentences for impact
•Uses persuasive/emotive language to make the argument more powerful
•Sentences grammatically correct
•Uses capital letters, full stops, commas, exclamation marks with increasing independence