1. TEACHING WRITING: Persuasive Text
Curriculum Team CSO

2. 2011 NAPLAN Writing
“In the 2011 NAPLAN Writing test, students in Years 3,
5, 7 and 9 will write a persuasive text.
Persuasive writing is writing in which the writer needs
to convince someone of his or her point of view or
opinion.
For example, a student may be asked whether
reading books or watching TV is better.
The student would present his or her opinion on this
topic and would include reasons for that
In writing this way, the student is attempting to
persuade the reader to agree with his or her opinion.”

3. Persuasive writing
The topic and task will be the same for Years and 9
It will be marked in a way that closely resembles narrative writing as there is common criteria

4. Talking & listening
Reading
Writing

5. “In the literate citizen…
“In the literate citizen…..all these repertoires are variously mixed and orchestrated in proficient reading and writing, speaking and listening, viewing and representing”
Luke and Freebody 1999

6. Note Whenever the word text is used it includes
written, visual, oral/aural,
digital and multimodal texts

7. Persuasive vs Narrative
persuasive writing assesses rhetorical techniques (writer’s viewpoint)
narrative writing assesses the development of character and setting.

8. *Text types / Purpose Exposition
To present an opinion; to argue a case for or against a particular position or point of view
Discussion
To look at more than one side of an issue; to present arguments for and against a position, based on evidence, before coming to a conclusion
Personal Response
To summarise and respond personally to a text
Review
To summarise / analyse a literary text and assess its appeal and value

9. Activity
Task cards

10. What do we ask of our students?
Middle class
Anglo Saxon
English
The language of POWER

11. Structure Exposition State thesis or position:
Write a series of paragraphs to argue the position:
Sum up, restate the position or provide a recommendation:

12. Grammar-Exposition General nouns ears zoos
Abstract nouns policy government
Technical words species of animals
Relating verbs It is important
Action verbs We must save
Thinking verbs Many people believe
Modal verbs We must preserve
Modal adverbs Certainly we must try
Connectives firstly secondly
Evaluative language important significant

13. Structure - Discussion
State the issue:
A series of paragraphs to argue for the issue:
A series of paragraphs to argue against the issue:
Concludes by summing up or providing a recommendation:

14. Grammar - Discussion General nouns uniforms alcohol
Relating verbs is are have
Thinking verbs feel believe hope
Connectives
Additive similarly
Contrastive on the other hand
Causal however
Noun groups unwanted kittens
Modality perhaps must should may
Adverbs of manner deliberately hopefully

15. Structure_ Personal Response
Context for the response:
Writes an opinion or reaction:

16. Grammar – Personal Response
All types of verbs
Noun groups describing characters
Present tense
Past tense if historical setting
Temporal sequence of events
Persuasive language used in judgement
Clause or sentence themes that are often title of the book. Author

17. Structure - Review
Context – giving information about author, work, setting and summary:
Paragraphs describing main characters, relationships and theme of text:
Judgement by evaluating the work giving opinion or recommendation:

18. Grammar - Review As per Response
NB. Students are encouraged to speak and write Personal responses in Stage 1.
By stages 2 and 3, students should be speaking and writing reviews

19. Language features / Grammar
Opinion adjective
Generalised nouns
Words that qualify-usually, probably, some, most
Connectives also, another reason, as well, however, therefore
Thinking & feeling verbs
Emotive language-hero, champion, bloodshed, disaster
Adjectives (modal)
Evaluative language
conjunctions

20. Persuasive Texts-Criteria
Audience
The writer’s capacity to orient, engage and persuade the reader
Text structure
The organisation of the structural components of a persuasive text (introduction, body and conclusion) into an appropriate and effective text structure

21. Ideas Persuasive devices
The creation, selection and crafting of ideas for a persuasive argument
Persuasive devices
The use of a range of persuasive devices to enhance the writer’s position and persuade the reader

22. Vocabulary Cohesion The range and precision of language choices
The control of multiple threads and relationships over the whole text, achieved through the use of referring words, substitutions, word associations and text connectives

23. Paragraphing Sentence structure
The segmenting of text into paragraphs that assists the reader to follow the line of argument
Sentence structure
The production of grammatically correct, structurally sound and meaningful sentences

24. Punctuation
The use of correct and appropriate punctuation to aid the reading of the text
Spelling
The accuracy of spelling and the difficulty of the words used

25. Activity
Assisting students in improving their writing

26. Sample Task

27. Useful websites

28. What is the expectation for each stage?
Exploring the Modules
What is the expectation for each stage?