Reading and Writing

Students engage personally with texts:

 Understand and appreciate the way texts are shaped through exploring a range of language
forms and features and ideas
 Experiment and use aspects of composing that enhance learning and enjoyment
 Recognise and discuss issues related to the responsible use of digital communication

Understand and appreciate the way texts are shaped through exploring a range of language forms:

1. Narrative form: writing a story that could be made up (imaginative) or a true story (based on
real life events). A narrative can be written in first (use personal pronouns, e.g. I, me, myself
etc.), second (use second person pronouns, e.g. you, yourself, yours etc.) or third person
(use third person pronoun, e.g. him, hers, them etc.).
2. Exposition form: a writing form where you try to persuade a person to believe the same fact
as you. An exposition is very formal, you should not use personal pronouns such as I, myself,
me in it etc. Instead, we use third person pronouns such as us, we, them etc. With exposition
writing, we are given a topic and we need to choose a side to write about. For example,
‘should uniform be worn at school?’, here you will need to choose whether you want to
write about uniform being worn at school or no uniform to be worn at school. When writing
exposition writing, use high modality words. These are words that can affect a person’s
decision strongly. For example, strongly agree/disagree, I strongly believe that this is
true/false etc. When starting a new paragraph, use words such as ‘to begin with, firstly,
secondly, furthermore, also’. When concluding your exposition writing, use words like ‘thus,
therefore, hence etc.’ Always try to begin your introduction by using rhetorical questions
(this is a question that is not to be answered but is used to draw the attention from your
reader)
3. Discussion form: it is a writing form that is very similar to exposition form, however, instead
of arguing for one side, you are mentioning both sides of the argument. For example, if you
are given the topic ‘should uniform be worn at school’, you will mention both sides (so, that
is, uniform should be worn at school and uniform should not be worn at school). Like
exposition form, this is a formal piece of writing, so do not use personal pronouns (e.g. I,
myself, me etc.), also use high modality words. These are words that can affect a person’s
decision strongly. For example, strongly agree/disagree, I strongly believe that this is
true/false etc. Also, use connective words between your different ideas. When starting a
new paragraph, use words such as ‘to begin with, firstly, secondly, furthermore, also’. When
concluding your exposition writing, use words like ‘thus, therefore, hence etc.’ When
changing your views on a topic, use words like ‘however; whilst ____ is true, ___ is also true
etc.’
4. Informative form: a writing piece that is used to inform you readers about a topic. For
example, you could write an informative writing to write about the Australian wildlife. You
can help educate your readers about the different aspects of Australian wildlife such as the
animals, plants, and sceneries. Use statistics to back up your writing. Statistics are numbers
that can help back up a claim, for example ‘over 70% of Australian bushlands are destroyed
by wildfires each year)
Informative Writing:

Narrative Writing: please click on this link and find the narrative example here:

file:///C:\Users\Jasmine%20Wang\Downloads\Narrative%20Example%20Year%205.pdf

(Please read everything except ‘What a Brilliant Night’ as that is a poem)

Exposition Writing:

Discussion Writing: