Grafon: Improving Persuasive Writing

I recommend that Grafton should focus on improving persuasive writing, specifically on genres for responding, as this is the foundation of NAPLAN in this domain. As a general starting point, it would be beneficial to implement a socio-cultural teaching pedagogy in the classroom. This approach stresses the importance of developing multiple understandings about literacy and how it is used for a variety of purposes. Specific activities and practices that would be beneficial for targeted improvement in persuasive writing include:

- Developing important language features e.g. normalisation and the appraisal system. Normalisation development will enable students to learn how to build and compact information within their sentences thus, constructing