This book is part of the Excel Advanced Ski lls series, which provides students with more challenging extension work in grammar and punctuation.

The Excel series of Writing Workbooks for Years 1–6 will he lp primary school students improve their writing in English and other su bjects. Each unit focuses on a different type of text by looking at its particular features and how to apply them. All activities are designed t o encourage students to think about and enjoy writing, and to give them meaningful practice in improving their own writing.

This book has been specifically written for the YEAR 3 AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM ENGLISH COURSE.

CHAPTERS:

To the student
About this book
1 Writing a recount
2 Writ ing a procedure
3 Describing a person
4 Writing to persuade&md ash;expositions
5 Writing a narrative
6 Writing an infor mation report
7 Writing to give advice—holiday reviews
8 Explaining how a simple machine works
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