Teacher guide · Confidence Lab · Harder · about 35 min

📣 Persuade Me!

Pupils practise confidence through "Persuade Me!": Write a persuasive advert.

Lesson guide

1. Hook · 5 min
Show the 📣 mission title and read the opening: "Which is a persuasive technique?". Take three quick guesses.
2. Model · 5 min
Think aloud through the first step together. Use Echo the Parrot's line as your prompt: "Say it clearly — I'm listening."
3. Do · 10 min
Pairs work through the 3 steps on screen or on the printed sheet. Circulate and ask "why?"
4. Discuss · 10 min
Use two or three of the discussion questions. Ask pairs to share different answers, not just correct ones.
5. Reflect · 5 min
Exit ticket: one sentence on how they used confidence today.

What was the hardest choice in "Persuade Me!", and why?
Which is a persuasive technique — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Which sentence is most persuasive — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Write an advert for an invisible umbrella using 2 techniques — explain your reasoning to a partner.
Where could you use confidence outside school this week?
If you did this again, what would you change?

Support: Read prompts aloud, pair with a confident partner, and accept spoken or drawn answers for writing steps.

Stretch: Ask pupils to create their own extra step for a partner and explain the correct answer.

National Curriculum: English: reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and writing
National Curriculum: English: spoken language — articulate and justify answers
PSHE: Relationships: communicating feelings and listening to others
PSHE: Health & wellbeing: resilience and managing setbacks

Pupil sheet

Name: ____________________ Date: __________

1. Which is a persuasive technique?
☐ Long boring list
☐ Rhetorical question
☐ Whispering
2. Which sentence is most persuasive?
☐ Don't miss out — join today!
☐ It exists.
☐ You could join maybe.
3. Write an advert for an invisible umbrella using 2 techniques.