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Narratives	General Text types	Procedures	Information Reports
Expositions	Explanations	Descriptions	Reviews
.	Recount	Discussion	stage 3 text types for scientific topics

Narratives Myths and Legends Cartoon Style
Great Narrative Writing Ideas

The Biography Maker Bellingham Public Schools 1306 Dupont St. Bellingham WA 98225-3198

The Comic Creator

The Three Little Pigs Online

The Colourful Storybook
12 online illustrated fairytales
Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure

General Text types Text Type Language Structures

Guide To Grammar And Writing

text type examples from Ministry of Education, Wellington, New Zealand

Procedures In this section we will (try to) teach you how do do some skating tricks - procedure

Enchanted Learning Crafts for kids - great for procedural texts

Information Reports Year 1 Australian Animals reportsfrom Barrack Heights Primary School

Sea Animal Reports
Feed The Pandas Board Game - information reports

Westside Spidermania - 3-6 information reports

Information reports - spiders

police officers - stage 1 / 2

Expositions

Persuasive Writing Stage 3 great examples
oral and written arguments. Stage 2 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Students use oral and written language to persuade a target audience through a variety of activities.

Notes for Five Argumentative Essays Stage 3
butt out- exposition for cigarette pollution

Kids make healthy choices weblinks - exposition
Exposition on Caroline Chisholm
Recount and argument in letter form

Explanations How do wetlands help make drinking water? (explanation)
Why are sunsets red? explanation

Explanation How my warning buzzer works

Descriptions Harry Potter descriptive writing from Edelston P.S years 4,5,6

magical creature descriptions - from Harry Potter
Dress The Teddy Bear Game - great for description Stage 1

Reviews Book Reviews from children around the world
A Book Review Stage 1 - "The Hungry Giant"
Book Reviews

Mrs Mads Book Reviews

Book Reviews

This site for 10 to 15s by 12 & 14 year old brothers They also publish reviews by other "Cool readers", but are a bit discerning in what they publish.

Book Report Alternative: Comic Strips and Cartoon Squares

Recount Recount and argument in letter form

Discussions Discussion starters - teaching information technology ethics to children and young adults
The Real Willy Wonka - Chocolate Genius or Terrible Tyrant

stage 3 text types for scientific topics explanation
reports
recounts
procedure
exposition

The Teachers Desk
A collection of over 150 lesson ideas for teaching English for stage 3

OWL online writing lab for teachers grammar definitions and writing structures

writing elements the elements of writing style

graphic organisers from somers elementary school

over 30 graphic organisers from Houghton Mifflin to download as pdf files

vocabulary drill
For each sentence you will be provided three possible selections for the word in boldface

Writing Checklist