Students learn that we change our words, tone and level of formality depending on who we are speaking or writing to.
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Year 4 · Writing
Writing and editing
Create narratives, information texts and persuasive texts; edit, design and practise joined handwriting.
100 questions and practical tasks · 10 practice sets
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Set 1
Questions 1–10
Creating an intriguing opening · Showing character feelings · Dialogue that develops character · Sequencing narrative events · Developing a character dilemma · Building suspense · Using viewpoint to shape setting · Connecting character traits and events · Choosing a narrative resolution · Cohesion through word associations
10 questions & tasks → Set 2Questions 11–20
Creating poetic images · Implied feelings in dialogue · Planning a connected storyline · Creating an imaginative narrator · Conditional relationships in narrative · Writing a complete realistic narrative · Developing a complete problem-and-solution story · Connecting an opening detail to an ending · Revising a short narrative · Writing for a younger audience
10 questions & tasks → Set 3Questions 21–30
Structuring an information report · Writing a practical procedure · Explaining a process from observations · Reporting a school event · Comparing places for a purpose · Explaining a routine to a newcomer · Turning process notes into prose · Writing an informative display label · Organising an FAQ · Writing navigable digital information
10 questions & tasks → Set 4Questions 31–40
Explaining survey results · Writing conditional instructions · Revising an informative profile · Explaining a classroom system · Writing and checking game rules · Supporting an opinion with reasons · Writing a formal proposal · Supporting a book recommendation · Addressing another viewpoint · Adapting language to relationships
10 questions & tasks → Set 5Questions 41–50
Persuading through shared benefits · Using evidence in persuasion · Making a respectful written complaint · Writing an evidence-based advertisement · Comparing options in an argument · Distinguishing purposes through writing · Writing specific appreciation · Revising a weak argument · Developing a balanced persuasive response · Composing and revising a formal email
10 questions & tasks → Set 6Questions 51–60
Moving sentences to improve sequence · Adding essentials and deleting distractions · Replacing vague vocabulary · Editing repetitive references · Editing time and conditional links · Editing dialogue punctuation · Editing an interrupted spoken sentence · Changing direct speech to reported speech · Composing direct speech from a report · Editing informal language for an adult audience
10 questions & tasks → Set 7Questions 61–70
Adapting formal writing for a peer · Reorganising a report by topic · Repairing unclear references · Strengthening a narrative resolution · Editing for concision · Reordering a persuasive paragraph · Repairing misleading time links · Distinguishing quotation from reported speech · Editing instructions for a new reader · Applying three purposeful revision strategies
10 questions & tasks → Set 8Questions 71–80
Joining letters with control · Handwriting a useful note · Controlling letter size and placement · Maintaining legibility in a handwritten procedure · Revising handwriting for a reader · Sustaining joined handwriting · Handwriting punctuated dialogue · Making legible handwritten observations · Handwriting for an authentic reader · Evaluating handwriting fluency
10 questions & tasks → Set 9Questions 81–90
Planning poster salience · Using framing in a comic · Planning an instructional moving-image text · Using sound to shape a story · Creating clear website navigation · Combining images and navigable information · Planning a visual comparison · Creating mood through image composition · Planning concise explanatory slides · Combining words and an image for clarity
10 questions & tasks → Set 10Questions 91–100
Revising a digital text for navigation · Planning a complete multimodal narrative · Coordinating sound, image and text · Revising placement and salience · Creating an accessible digital choice page · Writing and revising a complete explanation · Integrating narrative craft and revision · Composing an audience-aware proposal · Producing a complete digital exhibition text · Creating and revising a complete picture-book plan
10 questions & tasks →Curriculum links
These activities map to the following Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 Level 4 content descriptions.
Students learn that different texts are built in different ways, such as procedures, reports, narratives and explanations.
Students learn to link ideas with words that show time, condition and topic relationships.
Students learn how websites and digital texts use layout and navigation tools to help readers find information.
Students learn how images, sound and layout guide attention and add meaning in visual texts.
Students learn how to punctuate direct speech using quotation marks, commas, capitals and end punctuation.
Students learn the difference between exact spoken words and speech that is retold in the writer's own words.
Students create their own literary texts using story elements and language choices they have noticed in reading.
Students create clear written and spoken texts with linked ideas for different audiences and purposes.
Students edit writing by improving meaning, content and structure, not just fixing spelling.
Students develop handwriting that is legible, joined where appropriate and easier to produce fluently.
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