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Year 4 - English

Publishing a persuasive advert

Healthy eating adverts: persuasive writing

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupils explore the features of persuasive adverts, focusing on engaging language and effective structure. They create persuasive headlines and generate compelling content for their own advert promoting chocolate energy balls. The unit culminates in publishing their completed advert.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to publish a persuasive advert.

Key Notes

  • A slogan is an important feature of persuasive advertising and needs to be memorable and catchy.
  • The layout of a persuasive advert is crucial for ensuring it is visually appealing to the reader.
  • It is important to use neat and creative presentation when publishing a persuasive advert.
  • A published persuasive advert should be visually and linguistically appealing to the reader.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • slogan: a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising
  • layout: the way information is organised on the page
  • publish: to produce a final, best version that becomes available to others

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Children may identify rhyming words that are not subject appropriate for the slogan.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

A slogan is an important feature of persuasive advertising and needs to be memorable and catchy. The layout of a persuasive advert is crucial for ensuring it is visually appealing to the reader.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'slogan'

a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: Children may identify rhyming words that are not subject appropriate for the slogan. Correction: Model examples and non-examples in context. E.g. 'hall' would not be a relevant rhyming word for 'ball'.

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