PM Writing 2 Turquoise/Purple 18/19 Honey

　　Honey

　　Levels 18/19 Turquoise/Purple
　　Key learning Area Science
　　Theme Animals

　　Title Honey Bees
　　Text Type Observation
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Technical Writing
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To describe the characteristics of people, places and things

　　Text Structure
　　Introduction: Informs the reader about the subject being described (Page 2)
　　Characteristics: Describes details about the subject (Pages 3–8)
　　Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subject (Page 9)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. insects, honey bees, wings)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. she, they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. little, sweet, interesting)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. leave, sweet, collect)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in and out of the hives)

　　Title A Letter to Sophie
　　Text Type Recount
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Letter
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To retell and evaluate events and experiences

　　Text Structure
　　Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Page 10–11)
　　Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 12–15)
　　Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Uncle Dan, honey, pollen)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. we, them, I)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. good, cold)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. made, saw, took)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. In spring)