This lesson gives students a real-life scenario to work with and reinforces grammatical knowledge of sentence structure and language use. Plus, it can be extended into different modes of delivery.

Key curriculum links include reading a range of non-fiction; knowing the purpose, audience for, and context of the writing and drawing on this knowledge to support comprehension; and applying knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and text structure to their writing and selecting the appropriate form.

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