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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
Elaborations
- using research from print and digital resources to gather ideas, integrating information from a range of sources; selecting text structure and planning how to group ideas into paragraphs to sequence content, and choosing vocabulary to suit topic and communication purpose (Skills: Literacy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- using appropriate simple, compound and complex sentences to express and combine ideas (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
- using grammatical features including different types of verb groups/phrases, noun groups/phrases, adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases for effective descriptions as related to purpose and context (for example, development of a character’s actions or a description in a report) (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking)
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Argument Planning Template (Castle)
A castle-themed persuasive argument planning template.
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Sensory Poems Poster and Template
Use this sensory poem example and accompanying template to teach your students how to write a sensory poem.
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Procedural Writing Checklists
Use these procedural writing checklists when teaching your students how to editing their procedure texts.
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Elephants Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about elephants with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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5 Procedural Writing Prompts
Use this set of 5 procedural writing prompts to assess your students’ procedural writing skills.
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Biography Checklist Pack
Use this biography checklist pack to help students review and refine their writing with structured guidance on essential biography features.
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Halloween Roll-a-Story Dice Game
Spark spooky creativity with this Halloween Roll a Story game that helps students generate exciting writing prompts while making narrative writing fun and engaging.
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Explanation Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet that can be used to write an explanation text.
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Biography Writing Bump It Up Wall
Use this visual display in your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their biography writing.
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Explanation Text Writing Task – How Does the Respiratory System Work?
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the explanation text type.
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Explanation Text Research Template
A research template for students to use when writing an explanation text.
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Write a Biography Booklet
Use this biography booklet to help your students organise and present information about any person in a structured, engaging format.
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Nonfiction Text Features – All About Me Project
Implement a text features project with an “All About Me” theme to explore informational text features with your students.
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Biography Flip Book Template
Create a flipbook that clearly illustrates the most significant aspects of a biography subject.
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How to Make a Milkshake – Procedural Writing Worksheet
Explore how to make a milkshake while your students fine-tune their procedural writing skills.
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Concrete Poem Poster and Templates
Use this concrete poem example and accompanying template to teach your students how to write a concrete poem.
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Explanation Text Writing Task – How Does a Plane Fly?
A scaffolded writing task for students to complete when learning about the explanation text type.
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Gemstones Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Cars Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about cars with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Doctors Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about doctors with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Eagles Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about eagles with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a persuasive text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Using a Persuasive Prompt - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a writing prompt and scaffolding sheet to write a persuasive text in pairs.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Independent Writing - How Do You Play It?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a procedure text explaining how to play a game.
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Shared Writing - How Do You Make It?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will write a procedure text in pairs explaining how to make something.
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Modelled Writing - Improving Procedure Texts
A 60 minute lesson in which students will improve a procedure text by applying knowledge of procedure text structure and language features.
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Developing Persuasive Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the genre of persuasion; specifically, how to write a well-structured persuasive text.
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Developing Procedural Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the purpose, structure and language features of the procedure text type.
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Developing Informative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the informative text type; specifically, how to write a well-structured informative text.
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Developing Narrative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the narrative text type, specifically how to plan and write an engaging story.
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Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.