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Family Writing Fun
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Family Writing Fun
📝 Part 1: Writing Type Match-Up
Work with your whānau to match each writing type with the best activity!
1. Recount/Personal Writing
2. Informative Writing
3. Instructional Writing
4. Narrative Writing
5. Persuasive Writing
A. Write about your favourite family tradition
B. Create a recipe for whānau pancakes
C. Tell a story about a magical kiwi bird
D. Explain how rainbows are made
E. Convince your family to visit a new place
6. Which writing type would you most like to try with your whānau? Circle one:
Recount
Informative
Instructional
Narrative
Persuasive
🔍 Part 2: The 5 W's Detective Work
Choose a family story and work together to answer the 5 W's and How!
7. Who was in your story? ________________________________
8. What happened? ___________________________________
9. When did it happen? _________________________________
10. Where did it take place? ______________________________
11. Why did it happen? __________________________________
12. How did it happen? __________________________________
✅ Part 3: Family Writing Checkers
Use these 5 checkers when you write together at home!
Check all the writing checkers you and your whānau will remember to use:
1. Capital Letter Checker: Does each sentence start with a capital letter?
2. Topic Checker: Is it clear what the writing is about?
3. Sense Checker: Does the writing make sense?
4. Full Stop Checker: Does each sentence end with a full stop?
5. Comma Checker: Are commas in the correct places?
Family Writing Challenge: Write one sentence together using all 5 checkers!
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