Theme Park Writing Task You will be writing a persuasive leaflet for a theme park. BUT … Your leaflet will have to show that you understand persuasion so we are not just going to start doing some drawings and putting down any old ideas – we are going to write an amazing and totally persuasive leaflet. HOW? Your task is to: 9 Come up with some spectacular ideas for the theme park – think about what rides are there and what can you do there? 9 Use as many sneaky persuasive techniques as you can – remember rule of three, repetition, slogans and all the other tricks. 9 Most importantly you must persuade your reader that your theme park is the BEST! – How can you convince your readers? Plan out your ideas carefully THINK … PALL: Purpose, Audience, Language, Layout. PURPOSE: AUDIENCE: LANGUAGE: LAYOUT: ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk What you are trying to do. Who your theme park is aimed at. What language features you will use like slogans, alliteration and repetition. How you are going to set out your leaflet and what colours, graphics and pictures you will use. Think about the leaflets you have looked at and ways that you can advertise your park. 4044 Page 1 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task GETTING STARTED 1. Theme park – make up a name and some rides Try to use some alliteration to make the rides sound fun! What is a good theme park name? Will your theme park have animals as well as rides? 2. Slogan – What is your catchphrase? Can you make it rhyme? 3. Rhetorical questions – this is a question that doesn’t need an answer but gets the reader thinking. So you could write: ‘What are you waiting for?’ – Don’t forget the question mark! 4. Rule of three – repeat something three times to make the reader pay attention. 5. Use the word YOU to really focus on your readers – make them feel involved and that you want them to come! 6. Command – tell your reader what to do. Use a strong verb: ‘See the rides; hear the screams.’ 7. Statement – what can you say about your park: ‘It is the best!’ 8. Adjectives – use these to describe how wonderful everything will be. Try not to only use the word exciting. 9. Make a special offer or bargain – don’t forget to use the word ‘ONLY’ or ‘JUST’. ‘It’s only £6.95. What a bargain!’ 10. Repetition – you need to repeat some of your ideas so you persuade: ‘You won’t want to miss this. If you miss this you miss out.’ ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 Page 2 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task Planning sheet – use this to help you plan out your text before you begin your leaflet. Come to ............................................................. ........................................................................ You will have ....................................................... What is the name of your theme park? ........................................................................ The theme park is filled with .................................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Describe what is there – choose some brilliant adjectives to describe the park. ........................................................................ There are different types of rides. You could go on ........................................................................ Feel .................................................................. when you go on the ................................................ ........................................................................ Don’t forget to ride ............................................... Write about the rides and what people could ride. How will it make them feel? Why should they go on the ride? ........................................................................ At the park you must .............................................. ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Give a command – tell people what they have to do. ........................................................................ You will enjoy the ................................................. ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Make a statement about the park – tell them something about the gift shop or the food areas. ........................................................................ ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 Page 3 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task (Your theme park) ................................................. is ..................................................................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Tell your readers again about the theme park – is it … spectacular? Incredible? Something totally out of the ordinary! Don’t forget that ................................................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ What else can they do there apart from rides? ........................................................................ ........................................... food is available at our .......................................................... food stops. You can also buy ................................................... drinks and ........................................................... Food – what can they eat and drink? snacks at the pit stops. Don’t forget your .................................................. You won’t believe your eyes when you see .................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Around the park you will hear .................................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Senses – what will they – feel, touch, taste, see and hear? Try to be really descriptive. Your taste buds will be tingled when you ...................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 What special offers are there? Don’t forget to use the word ‘ONLY’ or ‘JUST’ … Make the visits into a bargain. Page 4 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task Children will ........................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Adults will ........................................................... ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Tell your audience who can come and why they should come. What will they enjoy? The whole family will ............................................. ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ Remind people again that they shouldn’t just stay at home … ........................................................................ You will .............................................................. ........................................................................ the .................................................................... ........................................................................ What will people feel about the whole day? What will they feel about the theme park? ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 Write a rhetorical question to make your readers get involved and think about the park. For example: ‘What are you waiting for? Come now!’ Finish off with your catchphrase or your slogan – remind people again to come! Page 5 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task SELF ASSESSMENT REVIEW You have written your leaflet and now you are going to write a review or commentary on your work. This will be a piece of analysis – written by yourself about your work. Try to be honest and positive – think what did you do well and what could you improve? Write in full sentences. Each number is a new paragraph. 1. You will start off by explaining what your task was – to plan and write a leaflet. Also add in what we were learning about. 2. Explain what persuasion is and why people use persuasion. Where can you find persuasive writing? 3. You invented a theme park. What was it called and what rides did you make up? 4. What were you trying to do? PURPOSE 5. Who did you aim your leaflet at? Why? AUDIENCE 6. What LANGUAGE features did you use? Think about your: slogan commands rhetorical questions repetition statements alliteration adjectives rule of three 7. What did you choose for your front cover? Why did you choose this? What did you want people to think? LAYOUT 8. What colours and pictures did you choose? Why did you choose them? Explain your ideas. 9. What is the best part about your leaflet? What do you think worked the best? Did you enjoy the project? 10. What do you think you could do better? How could you improve your work? Give yourself an effort grade for your work. What do you want to target in your next piece of work? ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 Page 6 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task SELF ASSESSMENT REVIEW SHEET NAME: .................................................................... 9 You have written your leaflet and now you are going to write a review or commentary on your work. This will be a piece of analysis – written by yourself about your work. 9 Try to be honest and positive – think what you did well and what you could improve. 9 Write in full sentences. Each number is a new paragraph. I have been studying ......................................... ................................................................... 1. Explain what your task was We were given a task to ..................................... – to plan and write a leaflet. Also add in what ................................................................... we were learning about. ................................................................... ................................................................... 2. Explain what persuasion is and why people use persuasion. Where can you find persuasive writing? Persuasion is ................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... 3. You invented a theme park. My theme park was called ................................... What was it called and what rides did you make ................................................................... up? I was writing my leaflet to .................................. 4. What were you trying to do? PURPOSE ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... The audience I decided to target was ..................... 5. Who did you aim your leaflet at? Why? AUDIENCE ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 Page 7 of 8 Theme Park Writing Task 6. What LANGUAGE features did you use? Think about your: slogan/ rhetorical questions/ statements/ commands/ repetition/ alliteration/ rule of three/ adjectives 7. What did you choose for your front cover? Why did you choose this? What did you want people to think? LAYOUT I used different language features in my persuasive leaflet. I wanted to ..................................................... ................................................................... The first thing I did was ..................................... ................................................................... My front cover shows ......................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... I decided to use ............................................... 8. What colours and pictures did you choose? Why did you choose them? Explain your ideas. ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... I think that ..................................................... 9. What is the best part about your leaflet? What do you think worked the best? Did you enjoy the project? ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... I know that I could ............................................ 10. What could you do better? How could you improve your work? Set a target for your next piece of work. ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ................................................................... ©2006 www.teachit.co.uk 4044 Page 8 of 8
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