English: Email - Persuasive Writing

Role: Stem

Audience: Your boss

Format: An email

Topic: Describe why you need a holiday. Explain all the work you do.

Scientific Vocabulary you could include: Stem, water, minerals (nutrients), sugar (glucose), transport, upright.

First, watch the clip to remind you about stems: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy66fg8/articles/zcxh4qt.

Also read back over your plant parts work from earlier in the week.

Your task: Imagine you are the stem of a plant. Write an email to your boss describing why you need a holiday. Explain clearly all the work you do using scientific vocabulary.

Watch the clip to recap persuasive techniques: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2-how-to-write-a-persuasive-text/zkcfbdm

Remember you are writing to persuade your boss to give you time off work so try to:

• Be confident – you need to be convincing that you do an amazing and important job. That you need the time off, give reasons e.g. rest and rejuvenate, you’ll come back even better at your job. You can be pushy here if you are trying to promote something.
• Be positive - it's always better to tell how good your idea is rather than how bad other people's ideas are. Write about the things that show your ideas in the best light. For instance, aren't jacket potatoes just great for a quick lunch? Why were jacket potatoes voted the most popular option in your school at lunchtime?
• Be convincing - if you don't seem too sure, or if you can't make your ideas stand out, then you aren't really persuading as much as you could. Remember to be definite and clearly state your point.

Use the persuasive sentence starter sheet to help you (see attached/below).

Topic: Adult Supervision Compulsory

Botanical hammer printing!

You must get permission from parents/carers to complete this task and you need adult supervision throughout. Instead of a hammer you can try the back of a metal spoon.

Botanical hammer printing is a fun way to capture the colours of a season, it’s super easy, oh and did we mention noisy! It scores 10/10 with kids!

You will need:

• A hammer and sturdy chopping board.
• White paper (not glossy) or cotton fabric (is best) or even newspaper! I’ve used cut up scraps of an old white shirt and a pillowcase but if you don’t fancy sacrificing a piece of clothing you can use a few sheets of kitchen towel.
• An assortment of leaves and petals from the garden, the more colourful the better, but even fern leaves make a great print. Try to avoid plants that have dried out or have a hard shiny coating. In order for the printing to work you need to break down the outer membrane so soft fleshy specimens work best.