Strong fit
Persuasive texts are crafted for audience and context using evidence,
logical reasoning, emotional appeal, and structural choices such as thesis, counterargument, and
conclusion.
How this handout aligns
The PEEL structure makes the paragraph-level architecture of persuasion visible and gives
students one manageable entry point into persuasive writing.
Persuasive texts
Evidence and reasoning
Audience
Useful before speeches, editorials, issue-based essays, and formal
responses.
Strong fit
Students plan and develop a sequence of ideas at paragraph and whole-text
level, using language and structure appropriate to audience and purpose.
How this handout aligns
The planning frame, model paragraph, and self-checklist all support explicit sequencing of claim,
evidence, explanation, and link. This is especially useful for students who know the topic but
need help organising thought on the page.
Planning
Paragraph sequence
Revision
The counterargument booster also offers a clean bridge into more advanced
persuasive craft.
Aotearoa lens
Argument teaching in Aotearoa is stronger when students learn that
forceful writing can still be respectful, evidence-based, and attentive to cultural and social
context.
How to teach this well
The model paragraph and note about respectful, clear writing allow kaiako to talk about argument
as disciplined reasoning rather than loud certainty. That matters in issue-based classroom
writing. Through a mātauranga Māori lens, that also means
showing manaakitanga toward people and kaupapa while still arguing with clarity and conviction.
Respectful argument
Aotearoa issues
Reasoned writing
Use local or contemporary kaupapa where appropriate, but make sure evidence
and explanation stay stronger than slogan-level opinion.