Writing Skills is a comprehensive treatment of narrative and non-fiction text types with explanations, models, analysis and varied exercises for Years 7 to 10. Answers are included.

Text types covered include:

• narrative
• personal responses
• reviews
• historical recounts
• descriptive reports
• procedures
• exposition

For each text type, students are shown:

• purpose
• a model text
• essential elements and overall design
• analysis of structure
• technical knowledge including grammar and vocabulary

There is an extensive variety of exercises and activities to develop:

• skills in structuring whole texts
• skills in the strategic use of vocabulary and grammar
• planning, note-taking and drafting skills

For creative writing text types see Creative Writing Skills by the same authors   

Writing Skills Contents

• About this book
• 1 THE CRAFT OF WRITING
• Text  structures: recounts and reports
• Text components
• 2 WRITING TO TELL STORIES
• Narratives
• 3 WRITING TO RESPOND
• Personal responses
• Reviews
• Interpretations
• Critical responses
• 4 WRITING ABOUT THE PAST
• Biographical recounts
• Historical recounts
• Historical accounts
• 5 WRITING TO INSTRUCT AND TO RECORD
• Procedures
• Procedural recounts
• 6 WRITING TO EXPLAIN
• Sequence explanations
• Consequential explanations
• 7 WRITING TO ORGANISE
• Descriptive reports
• Taxonomic reports
• 8 MASTERING THE CRAFT: WRITING TO PERSUADE
• Expositions
• Discussions
• Challenges
• Answers to activities