Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Unit 15 of 18
Plan Your Writing
Topics, audience, purpose, planning tools and kinds of writing.
What your child practises
Practises choosing a topic from experience, thinking about audience and purpose, using planning tools such as webs and organizers, and telling narrative, informational, descriptive and persuasive writing apart.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · choosing a topic for an audience and purpose, planning strategies and types of writing
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Writing a story about a lost mitten is…
- narrative writing
- a recipe
- informational writing
narrative writing
Hint: A narrative tells a story.
Question 2
A poster that tells people to walk to school uses…
- a diary
- persuasive writing
- a poem only
persuasive writing
Hint: It urges people to act.
Question 3
Brainstorming means…
- choosing the last idea
- thinking of lots of ideas quickly
- writing a final copy
thinking of lots of ideas quickly
Hint: Brainstorming gets ideas flowing.
Question 4
The purpose of writing is…
- the length of a word
- the colour of the paper
- the reason you are writing
the reason you are writing
Hint: Purpose may be to tell, explain, describe or persuade.
Question 5
Writing about how a puppy looks, sounds and feels is…
- a list of rules
- persuasive writing
- descriptive writing
descriptive writing
Hint: Description paints a picture with words.
Question 6
Writing an invitation to a birthday needs the date, time and…
- place
- moon colour
- pet name
place
Hint: Invitations give key information.