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FREE | Writing ideas for engaging students to protect against the COVID-19 virus. The text structures include explanation, narrative, persuasive and Visual Language. Help your students to inquire and write about the COVID-19 virus in a safe environment where they can play a role in protecting themselves and others. Kia kaha – Stay strong!

PREMIUM RESOURCE | The resource includes a set of eleven Writing Prompt cartoon images to inspire students to write poetry and imaginative stories. Narrative, Poetry and Acrostic poem text structures are included together with graphic organisers and ten acrostic poem templates. A writing prompt poster ‘Use your imagination and experience to write…’ may be used as a prompt to introduce the writing session

PREMIUM RESOURCE | Eight images focus on currrent issues for students to explore. Students are required to develop arguments around each issue from different points of view. They are prompted to write an exposition (argument) to give their opinion. This resource links with Exposition Writing resource Ref: 6-00037 (Text structure - Formative Assessment)

PREMIUM RESOURCE | Ten visual writing prompt photographs illustrate the theme of Lost. The students select and view the photo. They are prompted to use their imagination and experience to tell a story about the photo. The story is to be writtten in narrative form with setting, problem, events, solution and ending.

FREE | Three graphic organisers to assist students in the planning of a character description. The character study might be a person from their personal life or a response to a character in narrative reading.

SMART RESOURCE | A set of eighteen varied sentence starters for story writing. This resource is suitable for early writers.

SMART RESOURCE | Eight visual writing prompt photographs displaying the theme of motherhood. The students are prompted to describe the moment in time the photo shows.