Gymnastics for Boys and Girls
Levels 14/15 Green/Orange
Key learning Area Health and Physical Well-being
Theme Gymnastics
Text Type Information Report
Text Form Reference
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To present information that classifies living or non-living things
Text Structure
General Statement: Identifies and classifies the subject (Pages 2–3)
Description: Provides information about the subject’s physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 4–15)
Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 16)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. girls, sport, gymnastics)
‧Pronouns (e.g. They)
‧Adjectives (e.g. new)
‧Present tense verbs (e.g. meet, jump, roll)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. to a gym)
