Study Guide
How to Write a Persuasive Text
A step-by-step guide to planning and writing a persuasive text: taking a clear position, structuring an introduction, body paragraphs and…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 20 min
Free Year 5 Writing Worksheets — Australia
3 free writing resources for Year 5, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Good writing is planned writing. Every prompt here includes a short planning section, then a writing task with success criteria that match what teachers look for in narrative, persuasive and informative texts.
Year 5 Writing topics
Type:
Study Guides
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
Writing Prompts
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
- Writing Prompt
Nobody Believed Me — Narrative Writing
A NAPLAN-style narrative prompt built around a single opening or closing line. Students plan a story with a clear complication and a…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 6 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
- Writing Prompt
Should Homework Be Banned in Primary School? — Persuasive Writing
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt on homework. Students identify persuasive techniques, plan a contention with three supported arguments…
- Difficulty
- Level 2 · Standard
- Time
- 40 min
- Questions
- 8 questions
- Answers
- Answers included
Common questions
Do writing tasks have answers?
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Are the reading passages original?
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
Are these aligned to NAPLAN?
Resources tagged NAPLAN practise the same text types and skills NAPLAN assesses. They are NAPLAN-style and not official test papers.
How to use these resources
- Spend five minutes planning before writing.
- Use the success criteria as a checklist when editing.
- Compare the model opening with your child's opening — what makes each one work?