This comprehensive guide is a unique tool for improving writing skills, and presents imaginative, informative and persuasive texts to meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum. Text Types: a Writing Guide for Students provides examples of each text and clear directions about how to write each one. The scaffolding and modelling necessary for the development of writing skills is presented to students, by reviewing over 30 different types of written texts, including electronic texts. Features Texts take a variety of formats including: An everyday explanatory text A media report A literary text A point of view or argument expressed in a letter or a debate Contents Advertisement Biography (historical recount) Blog Brochure/flyer Debate Description: factual/imaginative Email Essay: persuasive Editorial Explanation Information report Infographic Interview Letter to the editor (formal letter) Narrative News article Novel: aspects and analysis Novel: essay Podcast Poetry: cinquain, haiku and limerick Poetry: free verse Poetry: analysis Poster PowerPoint presentation Procedure Recount Review: book Review: play Script: film Script: play Survey Twitter Wiki
