Teaching Resource

Topic Sentence Starter Cards

PDF | 13 pages|Grades: 3 - 7

A pack of 32 narrative, persuasive and report writing sentence starter cards.

Use this pack of sentence starters to encourage your students to identify and write in a narrative, persuasive or report writing style. Choose a topic sentence starter from the pack and have your students continue writing a paragraph.

This pack also includes a title page for you to stick on the front of a plastic sleeve or A4 envelope.

You may also like our Random Sentence Starter Generator.

NSW Curriculum alignment

EN2-2A
Plans, composes and reviews a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language
In English Stage 2 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
EN2-9B
Uses effective and accurate sentence structure, grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary relevant to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
In English Stage 2 B. Use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
EN3-2A
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
In English Stage 3 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCELA259
Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written texts
In English Level 3 Writing Language
VCELY266
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
In English Level 3 Writing Literacy
VCELY299
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features
In English Level 4 Writing Literacy
VCELY329
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience
In English Level 5 Writing Literacy
VCELY358
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience
In English Level 6 Writing Literacy

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELA1479
Understand that paragraphs are a key organisational feature of written textsElaborationsnoticing how longer texts are organised into paragraphs, each beginning with a topic sentence/paragraph opener which predicts how the paragraph will develop and i...
In English Year 3 Language Text structure and organisation
ACELY1682
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purposeElaborationsusing pri...
In English Year 3 Literacy Creating texts
ACELY1694
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language featuresElaborationsusing re...
In English Year 4 Literacy Creating texts
ACELY1704
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationsusing research from print and digital resources t...
In English Year 5 Literacy Creating texts
ACELY1714
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...
In English Year 6 Literacy Creating texts

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