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Audience and Purpose Writing

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Audience and Purpose Writing

Audience and Purpose Writing

Students writing letters and stories

📝 Part 1: Understanding Audience and Purpose

1. What does "audience" mean when we write?

The place where we write

The person or people we are writing for

The pen we use to write

2. What does "purpose" mean when we write?

How long our writing is

What colour pen we use

Why we are writing

3. Match each type of writing with its purpose:
1. Thank you card
2. Story book
3. Shopping list
4. Letter to friend
A. To remember what to buy
B. To entertain someone
C. To say thank you
D. To share news

🎯 Part 2: Choosing Your Audience

4. Who could be your audience? Tick all that apply:

Your mum or dad

Your teacher

Your friend

A kaumātua (elder)

Your classmates

Your whānau (family)

5. Fill in the blanks:

When I write to my ________, I use simple words and fun pictures.

When I write to my ________, I am polite and use my best handwriting.

When I write to my ________, I can use jokes and casual language.

📋 Part 3: Planning Your Writing

6. Choose ONE writing task from the list below. Circle your choice:

Thank you letter to your teacher

Fun story for a friend

Description of your favourite place for whānau

Invitation to a classmate

7. Complete your writing plan:

My audience is: ________________________________

My purpose is: ________________________________

Three ideas I want to include:

1. ________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________

3. ________________________________________________

✍️ Part 4: Write Your Text

8. Now write your text! Remember to think about your audience and purpose.
9. Draw a picture to go with your writing:

🤔 Part 5: Reflection

10. How did thinking about your audience help your writing?
11. What was easy about this task?
12. What was tricky about this task?
13. Circle how you feel about your writing:

😊 Really happy with it

🙂 Happy with it

😐 Okay with it

😕 Need to work on it more

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