Creating texts to influence others resources

Students write arguments for and against school rules.

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

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 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.