Creating texts to influence others resources

For this NEMP task students look at an humorous image of Santa and complete a thought bubble.

Students write arguments for and against school rules.

Students design an advertisement to sell a bike.

For this NEMP task students fill out an application form for an after school job.

Students explore the issue of school uniforms, developing arguments around it from different points of view.

Students are given an example of ordering adjectives in an advertisement. They use this example to develop a list of adjectives that they order as they create their own advertisement .

Students use a given example of a blurb about a book to create their own blurb for a book of their choice.

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 are required to identify arguments for and against keeping animals in zoos and then use these to write a paragraph expressing their point of view about this issue.

Students write an advertisement to sell a kayak on a website.

For this NEMP task students look at a picture of a bicycle and write an advertisement to sell the bike in a newspaper column.

Students attempt to persuade the adults in their families that they should be able to have a dog. They construct an argument by writing replies to the adults' statements.

Students write an argument about the impact of rugby in New Zealand. The features of a written argument are the focus for this assessment. Links to self-assessment writing supports are given under the "Working with Students" tab.

This transactional writing resource requires students to express their views about organ donation.

Students write an argument either for or against daily physical education in schools. Support materials and links to exemplars for writing an argument are given under the "Working with Students" tab.