Should chewing gum be allowed at school?

Year 2

Should chewing gum be allowed at school? is a free, NAPLAN-aligned persuasive writing resource for Year 2 students. It includes a position prompt, for-and-against planner, tiered vocabulary and persuasive devices mapped to the Australian Curriculum (AC9).

Year 2 AC9E2LE05 AC9E2LA06 AC9E2LA09 AC9E2LA10 AC9E2LA04 AC9E2LY06

Supports the Year 2 achievement standard (creating written texts).

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Should chewing gum be allowed at school? Some people say chewing gum helps me concentrate and keeps teeth clean, but others say it makes a sticky mess and can distract classmates. At playtime or when walking past the canteen and the garden bed, some students might want to chew gum while others worry about rubbish on the ground or on shoes. What do you think?

Sentence starters

  1. I think chewing gum should not be allowed at school because it makes a sticky mess.
  2. So I believe we should only chew gum at our desk and put it in the bin when we finish.

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What's in the full resource

  • For and Against Planner
  • Argument Brainstorming
  • Vocabulary Support
  • Sentence Starters
  • Persuasive Device Bank
  • Writing Challenges
  • Sentence Variety
  • Ordering Your Reasons
  • Writing Checklist
  • Reflective Questions
  • Collaborative Writing Ideas
  • Printable teacher and student PDFs

NAPLAN writing criteria this resource targets

Audience Text structure Ideas Character and setting Vocabulary Cohesion Paragraphing Sentence structure Punctuation Spelling

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