Assessment:
Throughout the course of this unit I reccommend that rubrics are used as visaul assessment tools for both students and teachers. Students need to be aware of the overall goals that they need to achieve in order for their accomplishments to be meaningful and significant. Furthermore, the goals need to reflect the skills taught throughout this unit.

Persuasive Text Rubrics:
Year_3_Persuasive_Text_Rubric-1 (edited 1/3/2012)
Persuasive Text Rubris (Year 3-7)
Persuasive Writing Scoring Guide (Year 7)
Persusaion Rubric (Year 7)
Persuasive Letter Rubric

Aditional Writing stimulus:
Books or TV
Keeping animals in cages
Mobile phones

Additional online persuasive text resources:
Bitesize interactive persuasive texts
Writing workshop by Scholastic
Persuasive writing by Peter Meakin (flash file)
Persuasive Writing Features by Nooshin Behbad (flash file)
Writing Fun by Jenny Eather (persuasion)
Oral persuasive text against wind farms
The Learning Place Education Queensland

NAPLAN writing 2011:
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Lesson 2 ADDITION

Commas to list:
Students play writing objects in lists online. They are required to get rid of the excess ‘and’s and use commas instead.
Download  Starship Commas  and Superteacher Proof Reading worksheets for students to complete.

Apostrophes:
Students learn about apostrophes to signal missing letters at:
-Match the contraction
Students learn about apostrophes for possession online at:
- NGfL (1)
- NGfL(2)
Teachers can access additional apostrophes and contractions resources online at Primary Resources or First School Years .

Additional Resources:
Low and High Modality Words
Should children do more homework? (writing stimulus)
Editing and proof reading worksheets (the proof reading wheel is very good) 

If you would like a copy of this unit in word format with links to the Australian National Curriculum email jvillis@inter-tech.com.au

Text Samples:
Topic: Should or should we not have homework?
Year 3 student, 2012 week 3 Term 1 By Abbey