Navigating NAPLAN - Lesson Five - Write Here, Write Now!
Resource Description
Our Navigating NAPLAN resources are designed to help Australian English teachers prepare students for the annual NAPLAN writing assessments. These resources focus on narrative and persuasive writing, and are aligned with the Australian Curriculum (Years 7 & 9).
Developed and reviewed by a team of educators including senior Australian English teachers, these resources have been professionally designed to create a high quality learning experience.
Lesson structure
- Provide copies of the three factsheets to each student.
- Put up on the screen the Lesson 5 Persuasive Writing PowerPoint slides. These slides contain the stimulus options.
- Distribute the Persuasive Writing Prompts.
- Ask them to use the information in the fact sheets to create a persuasive response either for or against the following statements in the Persuasive Writing Prompts:
- Non-human animals should count as ‘persons’ under the law, not just as ‘things’.
- It is acceptable to keep dolphins in captivity for the purpose of educating and entertaining people.
- Housing chickens permanently indoors is not acceptable.
They may find it useful to consult further resources (including videos) for each topic
This Australian Curriculum alignment statement is based on the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) materials, which are licensed under CC BY 4.0. The material has been modified from the Australian Curriculum website (accessed January 2020).
All activities have been created by educators for educators and are linked to the Australian Curriculum (Version 8.4). We advise teachers to consult the ACARA website for the most up-to-date curriculum outcomes.