Year 10 Formal Writing Skills Learning Guide

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Year 10 Formal Writing Skills Learning Guide covers learning from Level 5 of the Speaking, Writing and Presenting strand of the English Curriculum.

This includes:

• formal writing and essay writing (style and process)
• ‘Convince Me’ and ‘Explain to Me’ writing projects (including mindmapping, taking a stance, research and evaluating evidence, skimming and scanning, different perspectives, planning, drafting, language features, sequencing ideas and linking words)
• finishing an essay (revising, editing and proofreading, and delivery).

Features include:

• Aotearoa New Zealand examples
• links to internet and video resources
• activities so that you can check your learning as you go
• key point summaries at the end of each chapter
• a comprehensive glossary of terms used in the book.

Published: 06/2024