📚 Part 1: Understanding Purpose and Audience

1. Match each text type to its primary purpose by drawing lines between them:

Persuasive text

Informative text

Narrative text

Instructional text

To tell a story

To explain how to do something

To convince someone

To share facts and knowledge

2. Which factors should you consider when identifying your audience? (Check all that apply)

Age of readers

Level of knowledge about the topic

Interests and values

Your favourite colour

Formal or informal relationship

3. You're writing a letter to the school principal about installing recycling bins. What language register should you use?

Very casual and informal

Formal and respectful

Humorous and playful

Technical and complex

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Writing

4. Choose ONE of the following writing tasks and complete the planning box below:

Option A: Write a persuasive paragraph convincing Year 9 students to join the school drama club

Option B: Write an informative paragraph explaining to tourists how to get from Auckland Airport to the city centre

Option C: Write a descriptive paragraph for a travel website about Rotorua's geothermal attractions

My chosen task: Option ____

5. Planning your chosen text:

Purpose: ________________________________________________

Audience: ______________________________________________

Language register (formal/informal): ________________________

Key ideas to include:

1. ____________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________

6. Write your paragraph here (100-150 words). Focus on clear paragraphing, appropriate language, and correct grammar:

🔍 Part 3: Review and Reflection

7. Self-evaluation checklist - tick the boxes that apply to your writing:

My writing clearly matches my intended purpose

My language is appropriate for my target audience

My paragraph has a clear topic sentence

I used correct verb tenses throughout

My spelling and punctuation are accurate

8. What is one thing you would change about your writing to make it more effective for your audience?

9. How does writing for different audiences change the way you express your ideas?

Writing for Purpose and Audience

Writing for Purpose and Audience

📚 Part 1: Understanding Purpose and Audience

✏️ Part 2: Planning Your Writing

🔍 Part 3: Review and Reflection

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