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Writing Text Types - A Practical Journal
Writing text types: A practical journal (Ages 11+) is a full-colour resource designed to help teachers promote and develop a range of writing skills covering the following topics:

• Impacts of technology
• Sources of energy
• Environmental issues
• Health, well-being and 'who I am'
• Global concerns
• Reaching out, stepping up

Students are encouraged to use their prior knowledge of the topics; and their imagination, personal experience and opinions in completing different writing tasks in specific genres. A total of 60 writing topics covering six themes are included, focusing on the writing forms: recount, discussion, narrative, exposition, procedure, explanation and report.

Features include:

• six themes, each with 10 writing activities
• tasks cover the seven writing forms within each theme
• explanation of each writing genre including definition, text structure and language features
• icons indicate each theme being covered