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The Non-fiction Writing Scaffolds series teaches students how to plan and write a variety of different text types as well as incorporating specific grammar, vocabulary and writing features.
The books in the series include:
- Teacher’s notes on the format of each text type
- Illustrated photocopiable model texts together with an annotated teacher’s version that highlights the grammar, punctuation and writing techniques used in each text type
- Guidance on how to develop specific grammar skills in student’s writing
- Photocopiable activity sheets to reinforce the grammar and punctuation
- Notes and tips for students on writing each text type
- Two differentiated writing scaffolds for each text type that enable students to choose the course of the text they are writing
- Vocabulary banks for each scaffold, to use and add to.
This versatile resource is ideal for shared, guided and individual writing. It provides a structured, but flexible system for planning texts, which can be applied to any writing lesson.
The table below lists the text typescovered in each book.
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Middle Primary Book 1 |
Middle Primary Book 2 |
Upper Primary Book 1 |
Upper Primary Book 2 |
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Reports: Information text |
Newspaper reports |
Recounts: Impersonal |
Autobiographies |
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Reports: Holiday guides |
Newspaper & magazine articles |
Recounts: Personal |
Biographies |
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Procedural texts |
Procedures |
Procedural texts |
Informal letters |
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Instructions: Directions |
Information reports: Historical |
Reports: Non-comparative |
Instructions |
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Note taking |
Explanations (2 units) |
Reports: Comparative |
Procedural texts |
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Recounts: Informal letters |
Advertisements |
Explanations |
Formal letters |
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Recounts: Formal letters |
Discussion texts |
Persuasive writing: Brochures |
Information reports: Explanations |
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Recounts: Newspaper reports |
Editorials |
Persuasive writing: Formal letters |
Discussion texts |
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Explanations: Encyclopaedia entries |
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Discussion writing |
Brochures & Advertisements |
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