PM Writing 3 Purple/Gold 20/21 Pottery

　　Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
　　Key learning Area Art and Music
　　Theme How Pottery Is Made

　　Title How Pottery Is Made
　　Text Type Explanation
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Technical Writing
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

　　Text Structure
　　Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Pages 2–3)
　　Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 4–8)
　　Concluding Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 9)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. pottery, Bowls, potter)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. wet, special, hot)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. makes, spins, melts)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. first, after, then)

　　Title Make a Coil Pot
　　Text Type Procedure
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Instructions
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To provide instructions about how to make or do something

　　Text Structure
　　Goal: Outlines what is to be achieved (Page 10)
　　Materials: Specifies the materials needed to achieve the goal (Pages 10–11)
　　Steps: Lists the steps in order of sequence (Pages 11–16)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. pot, clay, knife)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. you, they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. special, long)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. Roll, Wind, press)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. on a plastic board)