The Hamburger Method
This worksheet uses a hamburger-style graphic organiser to help students structure a complete persuasive text. It guides them to write an introduction (top bun), two clear paragraphs with reasons and evidence (fillings) and a strong conclusion (bottom bun). Designed for Years 3–4, it builds confidence with visual support and simple sentence scaffolds.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using text structures and language features appropriate to the audience and purpose.
- We are learning to re-read and edit texts for appropriate meaning, structure, grammatical choices and punctuation.
- We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, language features and grammatical features and incorporating research from a range of sources.
- We are learning to plan, rehearse and deliver presentations in an organised manner with relevant facts and description from reliable sources.
- We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts using text structures and language features appropriate to the audience and purpose.
- We are learning to use software, e.g. MS Word or PowerPoint to plan, sequence, compose and edit multimodal texts featuring visual, print and audio elements.
- We are learning to plan and deliver oral or multimodal short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence.
- We are learning to plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts with correct text structure, language features and grammatical features, and incorporate research from a range of sources.
- We are learning to re-read and revise written texts and to edit texts for clarity, structure, grammatical and spelling accuracy.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E4LY07
9
Plan, create, rehearse and deliver structured oral and/or multimodal presentations to report on a topic, tell a story, recount events or present an argument using subjective and objective language, complex sentences, visual features, tone, pace, pitch and volume
AC9E3LY06
9
Plan, create, edit and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive written and multimodal texts, using visual features, appropriate form and layout, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, mostly correct tense, topic-specific vocabulary and correct spelling of most high-frequency and phonetically regular words
AC9E4LY06
9
Plan, create, edit and publish written and multimodal imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, using visual features, relevant linked ideas, complex sentences, appropriate tense, synonyms and antonyms, correct spelling of multisyllabic words and simple punctuation
AC9E3LY07
9
Plan, create, rehearse and deliver short oral and/or multimodal presentations to inform, express opinions or tell stories, using a clear structure, details to elaborate ideas, topic-specific and precise vocabulary, visual features, and appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume
ACELY1683
8.4
Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
ACELY1689
8.4
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular purposes and audiences
ACELY1697
8.4
Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements
ACELY1695
8.4
Re-read and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure
ACELY1694
8.4
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features
ACELY1677
8.4
Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence
ACELY1685
8.4
Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements
ACELY1682
8.4
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print,and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
EN2-6B
old
Identifies the effect of purpose and audience on spoken texts, distinguishes between different forms of English and identifies organisational patterns and features
EN2-3A
old
Uses effective handwriting and publishes texts using digital technologies
EN2-2A
old
Plans, composes and reviews a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language
EN2-HANDW-02
new
Uses digital technologies to create texts
EN2-UARL-01
new
Identifies and describes how ideas are represented in literature and strategically uses similar representations when creating texts
EN2-SPELL-01
new
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
EN2-CWT-03
new
Plans, creates and revises written texts for persuasive purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-02
new
Plans, creates and revises written texts for informative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-CWT-01
new
Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience
EN2-VOCAB-01
new
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
EN2-OLC-01
new
Communicates with familiar audiences for social and learning purposes, by interacting, understanding and presenting
VCELY269
Use software including word processing programs with growing speed and efficiency to construct and edit texts featuring visual, print and audio elements
VCELY276
Plan and deliver short presentations, providing some key details in logical sequence, using appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume
VCELY299
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features
VCELY267
Reread and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation
VCELY300
Reread and edit for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure
VCELY266
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
VCELY302
Use a range of software including word processing programs to construct, edit and publish written text, and select, edit and place visual, print and audio elements
VCELY308
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations incorporating learned content and taking into account the particular audiences and purposes such as informative, persuasive and imaginative, including multimodal elements
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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