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Free English Lesson Resource
Title: Point of View Writing: Should Children Have Phones Before 13?
Key Stage: KS3 (suitable for Year 7–9)
Format: Editable PowerPoint
Focus: Writing to argue/persuade, questionnaire writing, rhetorical devices

Description: This engaging lesson teaches students how to form and express a clear point of view, supported by evidence they collect themselves.

Using the topical debate statement “Children in the UK should not have phones until the age of 13,” students are guided through planning arguments, creating closed questions for a peer questionnaire, analysing their findings, and writing a persuasive article aimed at a teenage audience.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how to formulate and express a personal viewpoint
• Write effective closed questions for a questionnaire
• Use peer-collected data as evidence

Employ persuasive techniques such as rhetorical questions, emotive language, statistics, anecdotes and direct address

Structure a persuasive article for a real-world audience

What’s Included:

• Full lesson PowerPoint (no printing needed)
• Clear model examples and sentence starters
• Help sheet with step-by-step guide for writing the article
• Sample questionnaire and ideas for collecting data
• Reflective plenary with exit questions

Ideal for:
KS3 English lessons

• Literacy interventions
• Functional Skills preparation
• Speaking and listening warm-ups (questionnaire stage)
• Cover lessons with an engaging and accessible focus