PEEL-ing Apart Arguments
This worksheet introduces students to the PEEL structure for persuasive writing. Students read and label the parts of a strong persuasive paragraph about the Hairy Man, including Point, Evidence, Explain and Link. They compare a strong example with a weak example to understand what makes arguments convincing. The activity develops skills in planning, analysing and constructing structured persuasive texts. A modelled response is included to support teacher modelling and student understanding.
Learning goals
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and to begin using our growing knowledge base to evaluate texts.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and to use and expand on our knowledge to analyse and evaluate texts.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and evaluate texts.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and to connect and compare content from a variety of sources.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to find literal and inferred meaning in texts and to begin using our growing knowledge base to evaluate texts.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources.
- We are learning to use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse information, comparing content from a variety of print and digital sources.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.