Specifically written for the Australian Curriculum English course, this book will help students master the main language features and structures of the most common types of texts for Years 9–10. Each unit outlines the process of planning, drafting and writing a specific type of text, and then provides a sample text as a benchmark for students’ own writing.

CHAPTERS:

To the student
Marking criteria
Persuasive texts
1 Argument essays
2 Opinion pieces
3 Television advertisement scripts
4 Proposals
Informative texts
5 Critical analysis essays
6 Radio interview transcripts
7 Magazine articles
8 Web pages
Imaginative texts
9 Fan fiction stories
10 Protest poems
11 Genre short stories
12 Journal entries
Selected answers