Grade 5 English: Informative and Persuasive Writing

Free Grade 5 English unit on Informative and Persuasive Writing: 10 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.

10 lessons in this unit

Organise an essay with an introduction, body paragraphs and a conclusion.

Write an introduction that hooks the reader, introduces the topic and states the main focus.

Develop each body paragraph around one main idea with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.

Support writing with relevant facts, examples, statistics and quotations from reliable sources, and explain them.

Write an informative essay that explains a topic clearly using facts, definitions, details and headings where useful.

Write a persuasive piece with a clear claim, reasons, evidence, a counterargument and a call to action.

Build clear logical arguments by linking reasons to claims and avoiding common reasoning errors.

Use transition words and phrases to link ideas within and between paragraphs.

Write a conclusion that restates the main idea, summarises key points and leaves the reader with a final thought.

Revise and edit informative and persuasive writing using a checklist for ideas, organisation, sentences, words and conventions.