🍕 Pizza Persuasive Writing Prompt – Design Your Own Pizza!

This fun and engaging persuasive writing activity is the perfect way to get your students thinking about persuading their audience with their writing. Who doesn’t love pizza? And with so many toppings to pick – creating your own delicious pizza is the perfect way to get kids excited about writing!

This interactive activity includes the following slides:

• Pizza design brainstorm.
• Pick a pizza, give it a good name, and write about why you think that pizza is the best using persuasive language and phrases.
• Make the pizza using the provided topping pieces.
• Persuasive writing planning – Write three reasons why your design is the best.
• Think about an introduction and conclusion.
• The final piece of writing.
• Persuasive writing checklist.

How to Differentiate this Activity

Differentiating this activity can accommodate your class’s various learning styles, abilities, and interests. Here are some suggestions for differentiating this persuasive writing activity.

• You may like to use paper-based planning with some students. We have a range of persuasive writing templates that may work.
• Vocabulary support: list relevant vocabulary words and phrases related to pizza, persuasive writing, and pizza topping descriptions. This can help struggling writers with a base.
• Allow kids to work in pairs or small groups to brainstorm and plan their persuasive text.
• Provide an alternative topic for those who may not like pizza.
• Offer optional extension activities for advanced students who finish early, such as comparing and contrasting different types of pizza or coming up with an ad campaign for the pizza they created.

Download and Persuade Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the PowerPoint or Google Slide version of this resource. Make sure to use the slides in edit mode to ensure students can add in their own words.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.