TEXTS WITH A PERSUASIVE ELEMENT - SECONDARY
The following books may be of assistance in helping teachers prepare their students for the 2011 Naplan
Writing Task. Please see overleaf for more information about this test.
All books can be ordered through your regular bookseller or educational supplier.
Year 7 - Texts with a persuasive element
A Stone in My Hand
Exposure
Free? Stories Celebrating Human Rights
Give Me Shelter: Stories about Children Who Seek
Asylum
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
Tamar
The Iron Man
The Legend of Moondyne Joe
The Merchant of Venice Graphic Novel
Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change
War in the Middle East: A Reporter’s Story
Year 9 - Texts with a persuasive element
A Stone in My Hand
Boy Vs. Girl
Chalkline
Chaos Walking Trilogy Book 1: The Knife of Never
Letting Go
Chaos Walking Trilogy Book 2: The Ask and the Answer
Chaos Walking Trilogy Book 3: Monsters of Men
Exposure
Finding Freia Lockhart
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
Mixing It
Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
Payback
Tamar
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the
Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party
Cathryn Clinton
Mal Peet
Amnesty International
Tony Bradman
9780763647728
9781406306491
9781406318302
9781847800022
$15.95
$18.95
$17.95
$17.95
Michael Rosen
Mark Greenwood
Mal Peet
Ted Hughes
Mark Greenwood
Gareth Hinds
Tony Bradman
Wilborn Hampton
9780763641047
9781921150876
9781406303940
9781406324679
9781921720123
9780763630256
9781845079307
9780763643768
$16.95
$29.95
$19.95
$34.95
$16.95
$22.95
$27.95
$16.95
Cathryn Clinton
Na’ima B. Robert
Jane Mitchell
Patrick Ness
9780763647728
9781847800053
9781406315172
9781406326314
$15.95
$16.95
$16.95
$27.95
Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness
Mal Peet
Aimee Said
Michael Rosen
Rosemary Hayes
Mark Greenwood
Rosemary Hayes
Mal Peet
M.T. Anderson
9781406327496
9781406331837
9781406306491
9781921529153
9780763641047
9781845074951
9781921150876
9781845079352
9781406303940
9780763653767
(April)
9781844282111
9780763653774
(April)
9781406323238
9781921720123
9780763630256
9781406300918
9780763643768
$27.95
$27.95
$18.95
$16.95
$16.95
$16.95
$29.95
$16.95
$19.95
$24.95
$22.95
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the
Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves
M.T. Anderson
The Legend of Moondyne Joe
The Merchant of Venice Graphic Novel
The Rights of the Reader
War in the Middle East: A Reporter’s Story
Mark Greenwood
Gareth Hinds
Daniel Pennac
Wilborn Hampton
$24.95
$22.95
$16.95
$22.95
$16.95
$16.95
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PREPARING FOR THE 2011 NAPLAN WRITING TASK
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In the 2011 NAPLAN Writing test, students will write a persuasive text.
Persuasive writing is defined as writing in which the writer needs to convince the reader of his or her point of view or
opinion. For example, a student may be asked whether reading books or watching TV is better. The student’s answer
would present his or her opinion on this topic and would include reasons for that opinion.
All students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 will complete the same question
SAMPLE QUESTION:
MARKING CRITERIA – PERSUASIVE GENRE
Audience
Text structure
Ideas
Persuasive devices
Vocabulary
Cohesion
Paragraphing
Sentence structure
Punctuation
Spelling
The writer’s capacity to orient, engage and persuade the reader
The organisation of the structural components of a persuasive text (introduction, body and conclusion) into an appropriate and
effective text structure
The selection, relevance and elaboration of ideas for a persuasive argument
The use of a range of persuasive devices to enhance the writer’s position and persuade the reader
The range and precision of contextually appropriate language choices
The control of multiple threads and relationships across the text, achieved through the use of grammatical elements (referring
words, text connectives, conjunctions) and lexical elements (substitutions, repetitions, word associations)
The segmenting of text into paragraphs that assists the reader to follow the line of argument
The production of grammatically correct, structurally sound and meaningful sentences
The use of correct and appropriate punctuation to aid the reading of the text
The accuracy of spelling and the difficulty of the words used