This model text is a persuasive advertisement encouraging people to visit California. It has been written to meet the Year 5 Australian Curriculum English Learning Area and comes with a handy annotated version detailing the text-type specific features (red), grammar (green), punctuation (purple), spelling (blue) teaching opportunities should you wish to use this text with your learners.

Australian Curriculum
Year 5 Achievement Standards

Students use language features to show how ideas can be extended. They develop and explain a point of view about a text, selecting information, ideas and images from a range of resources.

Students create imaginative, informative and persuasive texts for different purposes and audiences. They make presentations which include multimodal elements for defined purposes. They contribute actively to class and group discussions, taking into account other perspectives. When writing, they demonstrate understanding of grammar using a variety of sentence types. They select specific vocabulary and use accurate spelling and punctuation. They edit their work for cohesive structure and meaning.

Cross Curriculum links:
HASS- Geography

Version 8.4-
ACHASSK111- The influence of people on the environmental characteristics of places in Europe and North America and the location of their major countries in relation to Australia

Version 9-
AC9HS5K04- the influence of people, including First Nations Australians and people in other countries, on the characteristics of a place
• identifying the positive and negative influences of people on places in other countries including countries in Asia, Europe and North America

Level of this pack:
Age: 10-11
Australia: Year 5 / Grade 5
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