Developing Writing Skills Book 1 For Junior Secondary Students

Description

DEVELOPING WRITING SCHOOLS assists students to develop a broad range of writing skills with a particular focus on less abstract and more personally oriented texts. Each student book has information and explanations to assist students with essential rules, definitions, processes and concepts, and an extensive range of exercises. Each unit in Book 1 for junior secondary students has an extensive range of exercises which provide practice in: § identifying the features of written language § analysing text models § structuring whole texts § using grammar and vocabulary appropriate to different texts § writing texts for particular purposes § editing texts.
(NZ Year 9)

Table of contents

Contents: Unit 1 The skills and elements of writing Developing writing skills Writing for different purpose Form follows function Structuring texts Example of a spoken recount Example of a written recount Example of a report Making language work in text Levels within texts Identifying paragraphs Identifying sentences Identifying verbs and clauses Joining equal clauses Joining unequal clauses Identifying word groups within clauses Working with nouns and noun groups Working with verbs and verb groups Working with phrases Working with adverbial elements Working with conjunctions Working with pronouns Unit 2 Telling stories through narratives Identifying the structure of narratives Identifying verbs in narratives Sequencing events in narratives Putting a point of view into narratives Heroes, anti-heroes and messages in narratives Writing a narrative Unit 3 Personal responses to literature and art Personal responses Identifying elements of personal responses Words that convey opinion and evaluation Writing a personal response Reviews Identifying elements of reviews Finding reviews Words that convey judgement Writing a review Unit 4 Writing about the past Biographical recounts Identifying the structure of biographical recounts Identifying language elements of biographical recounts Evaluating the person’s life Supporting evaluations with authority and evidence Disguising judgements Writing a biographical recount Historical recounts Identifying the structure of historical recounts Identifying language elements in historical recounts Packaging time Evaluating a period of history Writing a historical recount Unit 5 Writing to instruct and record Procedures Identifying the structure of procedures Identifying language elements of procedures Accuracy in procedures Writing a procedure Procedural recounts Identifying the structure of procedural recounts Identifying language elements of procedural recounts Packaging information in science Being impersonal Writing an impersonal procedural recount