So it looks like persuasive writing is on the agenda for NAPLAN, surprise, surprise... This is a great post on using picture story books to assist in teaching persuasive writing. If anything it the books listed are worth having a look at with your students
Some great widgets here for student and classblogs. I could see Buzzbite being really useful in a chance and data lesson whilst Polldaddy could be used to collect some raw data for an opinion piece-persuasive writing