PM Writing 4 Sapphire 30 Oil

　　Levels 30 Sapphire
　　Key learning Area Earth Science
　　Theme Oil as a source of energy

　　Title Is oil an Important Source of Energy?
　　Text Type Discussion
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Debate
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To examine more than one side of an issue

　　Text Structure
　　Opening Statement: Outlines the issue (Page 0)
　　Arguments 'For' and 'Against': Includes evidence in support of and against the issue (Pages 3–8)
　　Concluding Statement: Summary of the writer's opinion(Page 9)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. resources, electricity)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, They)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. renewable, cheaper)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. believe, think)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. easily, also)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. through long pipelines)
　　‧Conjunctions/Text connectives (e.g. and, because)

　　Title The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
　　Text Type Recount
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Article in a journal
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To retell and evaluate events and experiences

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

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Prince William Sound, volunteers)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, they, them )
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. sheer, soapy)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. caused, removed, prevented)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. unfortunately, quickly)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. with the enormous clean-up)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. On 24 March 1989)