Persuasive Writing Anchor Chart 2nd Grade

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

Here are some of my favorite persuasive writing anchor charts that I have used to help my struggling writers write strong, detailed persuasive papers. These charts contain a lot of sentence stems and step by step directions for each paragraph. It may seem a bit formulaic in nature, but once the students feel comfortable, they will branch out and add their own style and unique voice.

Here is a brainstorming poster. A Yes/No chart is one way that I teach students to organize their thoughts before they begin writing. This particular prompt showed a picture of an old, abandoned house and had the students determining if the local children should be allowed to play in the house.

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

After the students brainstorm several reasons for each side of the argument and they choose a side, we move into writing a clear and strong position statement. Here are some of the stems I offer the students as options.

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

After the students have a solid position statement, we move into our introductory paragraph (nicknamed Top Bun from a hamburger model). I instruct the students to explain what the situation or problem is then to state their position. Finally, they finish their top bun by listing out their three main reasons in a sentence.

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

Before writing the body paragraphs (or Juicy Middle), we make a chart together with opinion words and phrases to link reasons and details together.

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

Next, we move into different details that the students can use to support their reasons. This is a chart that I print for the students to glue in their interactive notebooks. Click here to download this printable. At this point, I tell my students about the Power of 3: 3 reasons with 3 supporting details for each reason. Using the charts to guide them, they write their body paragraphs (using transition words and phrases and varying details).

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

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Finally, we discuss the concluding paragraph (Bottom Bun). This is where I tell my students to mention the "nod to the other side" or counter argument and prove it incorrect. Then they restate their main point and end their essay. I also offer a few suggestions with ways to end the paper.

Lots of persuasive writing anchor charts on this post. Great for struggling writers or English Language Learners.

These anchor charts and scaffolds have worked wonders with my struggling writers in the past. Do you have any charts or scaffolds that help your students write persuasively?