How can you tell they’ve got it: Writing Across Genres?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Write a formal letter using appropriate layout, salutation, register, and sign-off conventions; Compose a script with stage directions, character names, and realistic dialogue; Adapt writing style (vocabulary, sentence structure, tone) to suit different audiences and purposes. Or just try it together: Can your child write in different styles depending on the task — for example, a persuasive letter, a set of instructions, or a diary entry — and make each one sound appropriate?

English Writing Composition Ages 11–14

Writing Across Genres

Your child can write in many forms, from a formal letter to a script or poem. They match the style and layout to each one.

In curriculum terms

Write for a range of purposes and audiences beyond narrative — including scripts, poetry, personal and formal letters, notes for talks, and other forms — selecting the appropriate form, register, and conventions for each

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How to tell they’ve got it

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Write a formal letter using appropriate layout, salutation, register, and sign-off conventions
Compose a script with stage directions, character names, and realistic dialogue
Adapt writing style (vocabulary, sentence structure, tone) to suit different audiences and purposes

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Try this together

Can your child write in different styles depending on the task — for example, a persuasive letter, a set of instructions, or a diary entry — and make each one sound appropriate?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Choosing Form and Tone for Your Audienceages 9–10Writing for different forms requires KS2 audience/purpose awareness

Writing Character & Dialogueages 11–14Writing scripts and poetry builds on narrative writing techniques

Writing Across Genresthis skill · ages 11–14

Unlocks

Writing Techniques for Effectages 11–14Applying rhetorical devices (tricolon, anaphora, rhetorical questions) to enhance writing impact builds on the prior ability to write confidently for a wide range of purposes and forms beyond narrative

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Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E6LE03low confidenceYear 6 · Literature

identify and explain characteristics that define an author's individual style

AC9E6LA03low confidenceYear 6 · Language

explain how texts across the curriculum are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases depending on purposes, recognising how authors often adapt text structures and language features

AC9E5LA03low confidenceYear 5 · Language

describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts

NSW syllabus codes & stages only

EN3-CWT-01high confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 3

EN3-HANDW-02medium confidenceEnglish K-10 · Stage 3

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E5LY10medium confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literacy strand

VC2E6LY09medium confidenceEnglish · Level 6 · Literacy strand

VC2E5LY12medium confidenceEnglish · Level 5 · Literacy strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Cohesion and Transitions Across Writingages 11–14 Developed Informational and Explanatory Writingages 11–14 Persuasive Writingages 11–14 Planning, Revising and Editing Writingages 11–14

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