Persuasive Writing Templates & Slides - Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus

Are you teaching persuasive writing in the early years and looking for a wide range of engaging, fun activities for teaching persuasive writing?

A variety of writing templates and activities are included for the mentor text: Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus

• List reasons why Pigeon should or should not drive the bus.
• If Pigeon gets to drive the bus, we want to… list things that you would like to do. 
• Mini book- print pages 2 or 4 to a page and staple together. Students can write or draw their opinion about whether Pigeon should drive the bus, and list/draw some reasons why. Alternatively, students can write or draw what would happen if Pigeon drove the bus. 
• Bus craft – make the bus, then make a mini book with all the things we shouldn’t let Pigeon do. 
  

Also includes PowerPoint slides to work through activities as a whole class + hyperlinked read aloud of the book.