Persuasive Writing Courses

Welcome to our dedicated online courses for NAPLAN persuasive writing preparation, designed specifically for primary students in Years 3 and 5 across Australia. As expert online NAPLAN writing tutors, we help your child master persuasive writing skills through fun, engaging lessons that boost NAPLAN writing scores and build lasting confidence. Our qualified, experienced teachers create a tailored curriculum incorporating proven strategies like mentor texts, while incorporating exciting themes such as space travel and dinosaurs to keep young learners motivated and inspired. Whether you’re seeking primary school persuasive writing lessons online or personalised help to improve your child’s writing skills for NAPLAN, our interactive sessions make learning enjoyable and effective.

Using Vocabulary To Improve Persuasive Writing

Here is an average example of a student’s writing.

Adding the correct kinds of words can drastically elevate a piece of writing.

Year 1 – Space School

Students structure persuasive texts at Space School, convincing teachers for changes like new starship lessons, using commas in lists and concluding with “so.” They add details with “because” and “if,” direct address, rhetorical questions, and emotive words like “awesome.”

Year 2 – Dinosaur Park

Students create persuasive texts for Dinosaur Park, using rhetorical questions, similes, metaphors, and strong words like “ultimate” to argue for improvements. They connect to real-world issues, use complex sentences with “if,” and apostrophes, culminating in a compelling advertisement.

Year 3 – Magic School

Students craft five-paragraph texts for a magical world, using modal words (e.g., “vital”), emotive contrasts (e.g., “vibrant” vs. “dreary”), and varied sentence lengths. Power of three, anecdotes, refutation, and ellipses enhance engaging, authoritative arguments.

Year 4 – Underwater World

Students write urgent speeches for Aquavalia, an underwater world, using action-oriented conclusions, advanced emotive vocabulary (e.g., “tragedy”), and persuasive devices like power of three and refutation. Anecdotes, similes, metaphors, expert statements, and exaggeration create vivid, convincing arguments.

Year 5 – Knights Of The Galaxy

Students craft persuasive speeches for Star Knights of the Galaxy, adapting formal/informal diction, challenging beliefs, and explaining cause-and-effect. They use repetition, precise word groups (e.g., “profound impact”), modal groups (e.g., “it is essential that”), varied sentences, and vocabulary like “courageous” to argue universal issues.

Year 6 – Billy Bonkers Lolly Factory

Students refine persuasive speeches for Billy Bonkers, using advanced modal groups (e.g., “there can be no question that”) and nominalizations (e.g., “leadership”). They persuade you to try fantastic lollies with sophisticated vocabulary and complex sentences, culminating in a multi-audience address.