Year 3

In English this week, the students put their persuasive powers to the test by honing their skills in exposition writing. They argued a number of topics, including ‘Cats are better than dogs’, ‘Homework should be banned’, ‘All students should wear hats outside’ and ‘All schools should provide free fruit to students’, to name a few.

The Year 3s were hard at work, trying to improve their skills by using various persuasive devices and the correct structure for each part of their essays. They used the acronyms HAML (Hook, Argument, Main arguments, Link) and PEEL (Point, Explain, Example and Link) to help them to remember how to write introductions and body paragraphs to maximum effect, and what a great job they did!

Here are some examples of our Year 3 students’ persuasive paragraphs.

Introduction Paragraph by Pippi Pike

Who wants to waste time getting a dull hat and slowly putting it on when you could be drawing art, playing games or writing stories? Clearly, you should throw your despicable hat in the red lid bin right now! Firstly, hats are really expensive. Secondly, hats make your head sweaty and hot. Lastly, you can get ‘hat hair’ which is very unattractive. As a result, don’t listen to anyone who says you need a hat as they are the worst!

Body Paragraph by Hebe Gong

Firstly, dogs can be easily trained to do important jobs. They can even save people from danger. Don’t you think it’s amazing that a cute, cuddly dog could one day save your life? For example, dogs can be trained to do all sorts of things, such as police dogs, guide dogs and sniffer dogs. Therefore, you’d be crazy not to go to the pet shop right now and purchase a smart, talented dog.

Body Paragraph by Aanya Gray

Secondly, homework keeps you entertained for the whole evening. Homework is a great way to stay busy instead of wandering around your house, wasting all of your precious, wonderful time. Plus, it saves you from becoming bored. For example, I was doing my amazing homework last night, and it was so fun that I completely lost track of time! There are so many different activities that you can do with your homework, like learning your times tables or writing down your spelling words. Homework is way better than slumping down to watch TV. Clearly, homework should never be banned.

Well done Year 3! Your English teachers, as always, were blown away by your efforts!