The following examples come from the book 'Literacy Essentials' Jenny Thomas, Diane White and Kathryn Ryan. Teachers have copies of these text books for classes to practise for the literacy assessments.
We have class sets and your teachers will be using the material from this book.
This is a practice to write a letter to the Mayor to improve a recreational space in your community e.g a park, riverside or a sports facility.
Read the instructions carefully and write between 250-350 words.
In this practice you are being asked to write an article for a local newspaper about a one-day cultural festival your school has held.
Read the instructions carefully and write between 250-350 words.
Check your work:
Have I got the names from the question right?
Is it long enough?
Is it organised into paragraphs?
Is there a capital letter at the start of every sentence?
Is my spelling ok? Ave used any available spellchecker?
Does it say all I want it to say on the topic?
In the Literacy Writing Assessment you will need to be accuarate with your writing. This support will remind you of the basic skills you need for this assessment.
This practice sheet is supporting you to answer question 3 in the Writing Literacy Assessment. Practice developing your knowledge of your proofreading and editing skills.
Read the article and answer the multiple choice questions.
Check your answers here:
C
B
A
A
D
D
Basic Structure of an Article.
The annotated notes will support you to construct your own article.
This exemplar helps you with the structure of a formal email.
This exemplar will help you to know and understand the structure of a formal letter.