This book is part of the Excel Advanced Skills series, which provides students with more challenging extension work in writing.

The Excel Advanced Skills Writing Workbook series for Years 1 - 6 will help primary school students improve their writing in English. Each unit focuses on a different type of text by looking at its particular features and how to apply them. All activities are designed to encourage students to think about and enjoy writing, and to give them meaningful practice in improving their own writing.

This book has been specifically written for Year 6 Australian Curriculum English.

CHAPTERS:
To the student
About this book
1 Factual recounts-newspaper reports
2 Restaurant reviews
3 Descriptions-photographs
4 Expositions-editorials
5 Explanations
6 Narratives
7 Poetry-free verse poems
8 Biographies
9 Compare and contrast texts
Answers
Word bank