One of my favorite units to teach is persuasive text/writing. There are so many wonderful books that display persuasive writing. One of my all time favorite series is the Pigeon books by Mo Willems. My son and I have read Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the bus every night for over three years. Some other wonderful books to include in this unit is:
- Earrings! by Judith Voirst
- Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
- I Wanna Iguana and I Wanna New Room by Karen Kaufman Orloff
- Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose
- The Perfect Pet by Margie Palatini
- Can I Keep Him? by Steven Kellogg
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Can I Have a Stegosaurus Mom? Can I Please? by Lois G. Grambling
I like to have these books displayed around the classroom during the two week unit. I also have a tiny obsession with Oreos, so I use the Oreo to introduce persuasive writing. Here is my anchor chart. Please let me know if there are any awesome books I need to add to my list.