📖 Week 1: Text Annotation Practice

1. Read the following speech extract about climate change in New Zealand. Circle the language features and answer the questions below:

"Our beautiful Aotearoa stands at a crossroads. Like a patient waiting for treatment, our environment needs urgent care. The rising seas whisper warnings to our coastal communities, while the changing seasons shout their alarm. We must act now, we must act together, we must act with courage."

2. Identify the text structure. What is the purpose of this speech?

To entertain listeners with stories

To persuade people to take action on climate change

To inform about New Zealand geography

To describe the weather

3. Find and list three language features from the extract:

a) Simile: ________________________________

b) Metaphor: ________________________________

c) Repetition: ________________________________

4. Who is the intended audience for this speech?

🔍 Week 2: Language Feature Analysis

5. Match each sentence extract with its language feature:

a) "The wind whispered secrets"

b) "Strong, sturdy, steadfast"

c) "Her smile was sunshine"

d) "The cold, hard facts"

1. Metaphor

2. Alliteration

3. Personification

4. Adjectives

6. Explain how the metaphor "Her smile was sunshine" creates meaning:

7. Choose the best definition for "steadfast" using context clues from "Strong, sturdy, steadfast":

Quick and energetic

Firm and unwavering

Loud and noisy

Soft and gentle

✍️ Week 3 & 4: Essay Planning and Revision

8. Complete this essay planner for the question: "How does the author use language to convey their message about climate change?"

Thesis Statement:

Main Point 1: ________________________________

Evidence: ________________________________

Explanation: ________________________________

Main Point 2: ________________________________

Evidence: ________________________________

Explanation: ________________________________

9. Combine these simple sentences using coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or) or subordinating conjunctions (because, although, when):

Simple: "The speech was powerful. It used metaphors."

Combined: ________________________________

Simple: "The author mentions rising seas. This creates urgency."

Combined: ________________________________

10. Revision Checklist - Tick when complete:

Clear thesis statement in introduction

Each paragraph has a topic sentence

Evidence supports each main point

Varied sentence structures used

Correct punctuation and spelling

Conclusion summarises main arguments

NCEA Narrative Writing Worksheets

NCEA Narrative Writing Worksheets

📖 Week 1: Text Annotation Practice

🔍 Week 2: Language Feature Analysis

✍️ Week 3 & 4: Essay Planning and Revision

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