Neighborhood Niggles

9781869447724

Neighbourhood Niggles is a collection of persuasive essays about various issues such as pet ownership, park facilities, and lawn mowing rules. The book also discusses text connectionsplanning a persuasive argument, and features of a persuasive argument.

A variety of sentence types is used.  The essays are written in the first person.  Illustrations support and enhance the text. Text boxes prompt the use of comprehension strategies, such as questioning and inferring.

The  vocabulary reflects the everyday speech of children.

This title is from the Sails Literacy series. Hook readers and ignite their curiosity - over 700 levelled texts with bright, colourful, sophisticated designs.