Selling a kayak

Selling a kayak

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about writing an advertisement to sell a kayak.

Question 1Change answer

kayak
Look at the picture of the the kayak. Imagine that it is yours and you want to sell it.
Write a short advertisement to go on a trading and selling website.
 
Before you write your advertisement: Think about the important information you will need to give.
Write your advertisement below.
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online.
Copyright: 
kayak
Image: Peakpx | Public domain
Levels:
2, 4
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
advertisement, persuasion, structure and language
Description of task: 
Students write an advertisement to sell a kayak on a website.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • choose effective content, language, and text structure
  • generate content that is relevant to the task
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Creating texts to influence others, set 2
Creating texts to influence others, sets 3-4
Writing meaningful text: text features, sets 3
Writing meaningful text: text features, set 5
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   

Details include:

  • the kayak is for sale
  • refers to condition/type/features of the kayak
  • price mentioned
  • contact phone number or address indicated

Consider the persuasiveness of the text:

  • Higly persuasive - involves encouragment to buy
  • Somewhat persuasive - sets kayak in posiotive light
  • Not really persuasive - provides sufficient details 
  • Not persuasive - insifficient details/negative sense of the kayak