HSC Mod C Craft of Writing DISCURSIVE WRITING

If you are teaching the Craft of Writing for the first time, or you want to refresh your Module C toolbox, or your students are STILL CONFUSED on what discursive writing is, then this is the resource for you!

Whilst this resource has been made primarily with year 11 and 12 in mind, it can EASILY be modified for a Year 9-10 audience!

This is a FOUR PART TEACHING PACKAGE WHICH INCLUDES:

1. A discursive writing workshop

This workshop provides your students with an overview of expectations around discursive writing through a step by step PPT (9 slides) and a worksheet (5 pages) to accompany it. This workshop will give your students a clear understanding of what key features a discursive piece MUST HAVE in order to suceed in the HSC.

We also go through extracts of a sample discursive piece (David Foster Wallace’s This is Water) to act as a model of good writing.

1. Writing Scaffold based on Zadie Smith’s Joy.

This discursive piece by Zadie Smith is used as a model for good discursive writing. Students are then given a graphic organiser to brainstorm some of their own ideas, drawing inspiration for this text. There is plenty of guidance along the way to help them reflect and organise their ideas, funnelling their thinking into insightful discursive pieces.

PLEASE NOTE: the text is not included in this bundle due to copyright, but can be easily found for free online. It is also NOT an HSC prescribed text.

1. Discursive Writing Activity - A soft start

This is for those classes who just cannot GET STARTED.

I have written up the key things that are needed to start a discursive piece. You can send your students off to do said things if they are ready OR they can use the start that I have written for them.

Please note: the students may use my opening as practise, but it should not be reproduced for any exam or sales purposes.

1. A quick post assessment/draft ‘Helpful Hints’ PPT.

This is also a workshop style PPT which guides teachers in helping students refine their work post-assessment or post-draft.

If you are super busy and unable to provide 1:1 feedback, this class-wide feedback process might be your best bet!!!

If you’ve been putting off discursive writing in your Stage 5 or 6 classes TAKE THIS RESOURCE and let it run its course!!

For an introduction into Module C Craft of Writing, see here:

Craft of Writing Introduction

Click here for both at a DISCOUNTED Bundle price!

Module C Craft of Writing: Discursive Writing FULL Bundle

Please note: this resource does not cover the prescribed texts!!