Persuasive Writing in Te Moana Weta
Te Moana Weta have been busy this term developing their persuasive language skills. We worked on creating strong persuasive arguments to help us advertise products or convince others to agree with our point of view. We also looked at how lawyers try to persuade a jury to find their client innocent or guilty of a crime. We conducted a mock trial in class based on the fairytale Jack and the Beanstalk. After the witnesses were questioned by the defense and prosecuting teams, the jury found Jack guilty of theft and trespassing!
Here are some examples of our work!
Read some of the children’s opinions about the mock trial.
At school we started doing mock trials. These are our take on court trials that happen every day in the real world, except fairy tale characters were trialled-instead of an actual person. Our fairy tale was Jack and the beanstalk, Jack was being trialled. The roles included: Witnesses (Giantess, Bean seller, Jack’s Mum, etc), Lawyers (Defense and Prosecution), Court Judge, Jury and the Defendant. My role was the Golden Goose and I was accusing Jack of kidnapping me and my eggs and chopping some of my wing off! In the end Jack (played by William) was sent to jail!
