Creating texts to communicate knowledge and understanding resources

Students write arguments for and against school rules.

Students write headlines for brief newspaper items. This task assesses student ability to summarise text as a headline.

Students read some examples of metaphors that have been extended then write their own. They also reflect on why writers use metaphors.

From a list of language techniques that writers use to emphasise a word or idea, students identify which ones have been used in some sentences and then write their own examples.

Students read about skinks and geckos and identify information relating to the similarities and differences between them. The information that students identify is rewritten in note form.