Don't bin the jack-o'-lantern: writing a persuasive feature article
A model feature article about the waste of carved pumpkins and single-use costumes after Halloween; students analyse its persuasive techniques (a vivid opening, credible facts, anticipating objections, a memorable ending) and write their own feature.
C1Adults55 minArticle
About this lesson
A C1 writing lesson (article). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Article
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 55 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- slumped, landfill, methane, edible, scoop out, synthetic, improvised
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Analyse the techniques of a persuasive feature article
- Use stylish fixed expressions such as by all means, past its best, in disguise
- Write a persuasive feature article for a local magazine