NAPLAN LITERACY SKILLS Mastering Persuasive Writing Year 4

This guided workbook will develop all the skills needed for effective persuasive writing and give students practice creating a wide range of opinion pieces.The first section contains sets of exercises and writing prompts that will develop persuasive writing skills. The second section gives students practice applying the skills by writing a wide range of opinion pieces. The third section provides practice with persuasive writing prompts just like those on the NAPLAN Writing tests.Section 1: Developing Persuasive Writing Skills11 sets of exercises and writing prompts develop all the key skills requiredfocused sets develop key persuasive writing skills one by onesets cover introducing a topic stating an opinion providing supporting ideas and reasons using linking words and writing conclusionseach set introduces the skill guides students to complete a task and then provides independent practiceadditional warm-up exercises teach key persuasive writing skillsguided tasks and planning activities teach students how to produce effective writingSection 2: Applying Persuasive Writing Skills10 sets of writing prompts allow students to apply persuasive writing skillseach set focuses on one style or one genre of persuasive writingincludes practice for opinion essays letters and letters to the editor reviews research-based essays articles and promotional textsSection 3: NAPLAN Writing Prompts8 writing prompts give students experience completing NAPLAN-style writing taskseach writing prompt has the same format as those on the NAPLAN Writing testwriting prompts cover a wide range of topicsKey Benefitsdevelops the persuasive writing skills described in the Australian Curriculumfocusing on each skill one by one encourages strong skill developmentstudents apply skills by writing complete texts in different styles and genresexamples guided tasks and hints guide students through the tasksplanning activities help students learn the process for creating focused well-organised and effective opinion pieceshelps prepare students for persuasive writing tasks on the NAPLAN Writing tests