FREE Mini-scheme: Letters to my Future Self

In these two free lessons, the children will write an informal and a formal letter, thinking carefully about the structure of their writing.

Beginning with writing a letter to their future self to express their hopes for their future, the children will discuss and explore informal letters. Then, in the following lesson, the children will write a formal persuasive letter expressing their ideas for items to go into a time capsule.

Containing everything you need to teach these two lessons, this lesson pack includes lesson slides, lesson plans and differentiated lesson ideas.

A Letter to my Future Self

Challenge your class to write a letter to their future selves that they can read in one, five or ten years.

In this lesson, the children will reflect on their lives and discuss what they would like to remember in the future. They will also think about their hopes for the future and where they would like to be in one, five and/or ten years.

All the printable resources you will need are included as well as a detailed lesson plan, differentiated activity ideas and lesson slides to lead discussions and modelling.

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Persuasive Letters for a Time Capsule

Challenge your class to write a persuasive letter to propose ideas for a time capsule.

Use the included lesson slides to revise and explore the different persuasive techniques that the children can use in their writing. The slides also contain a short model text that the children can use to base the structure of their own writing on.

As an alternative activity, why not have your class send their ideas as a persuasive email?

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