Text Types and Purposes
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - All Families Should Own a Pet
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - City Life is Better Than Country Life
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - Outdoor Play is Better Than Indoor Play
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Informative Text Writing Task - Gemstones
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Informative Text Writing Task - Cars
A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
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Direct and Indirect Speech Posters
Amazing Man helps students to learn what both direct and indirect speech entails as well as providing examples on how they can use it themselves.
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Simple Procedure Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet to assist younger students in writing a simple procedure text.
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Procedural Recount Text Structure Anchor Chart - With Annotations
A poster about the procedural recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Factual Recount Text Type Poster - With Annotations
A poster about the factual recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Factual Description Text Type Poster - With Annotations
A poster about the factual description text type, including an annotated example.
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Explanation Text Type Poster - With Annotations
A poster about the explanation text type, including an annotated example.
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Athlete Profile Template
A worksheet to use in the classroom when writing athlete profiles.
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Introduction to Narrative Features PowerPoint - Grade 3 and Grade 4
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the features of narrative texts.
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Narrative Writing Checklist (Simplified Version)
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their narrative writing.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Opinion Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Fairy Tales Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about fairy tales, including an annotated example.
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Discussion Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about discussions, including an annotated example.
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Narrative Writing Poster
A poster to encourage your students to think about narrative writing.
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Sequencing Activity - Dogs Make the Best Pets (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Sequencing Activity - Homework is Unnecessary (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Fairy Tales Narrative Writing Pack
A fairy tale themed narrative writing teaching pack containing 8 worksheets and posters.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Literary Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Informative Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Bring Your Characters To Life Poster
A poster to remind your students to add detail and description to their writing to bring their characters to life.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades – Weeks 4 and 5
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades - Week 3
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades - Week 2
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Developing Informational Writing Skills Unit Plan - Grades 3 and 4
This writing unit addresses the informative text type; specifically how to write a well-structured informational 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 Opinion Writing Skills Unit Plan - Grade 3 and Grade 4
This English unit addresses the genre of opinion writing; specifically, how to write a well-structured opinion piece.
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Constructing a Narrative Paragraph
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and use the correct paragraph structure for narrative writing.
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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.