PM Writing 4 Sapphire 29 Levers

　　Levels 29 Sapphire
　　Key learning Area Technology/Science
　　Theme How levers are used

　　Title How Levers Work
　　Text Type Explanation
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Reference article
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

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

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. machines, loads, pivot, fulcrum)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they, them)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. simple, Many)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. are, is turns, moves)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. easily, usually, only, often)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. at the fulcrum)
　　‧Conjunctions/Text connectives (e.g. when, because, If)

　　Title The Crowbar
　　Text Type information Report
　　Pages 10–16
　　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 (Page 10)
　　Description: Provides information about the subject's physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 10–15)
　　Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject Page 16)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. crowbar, boulders, lever, force)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they, them, their, it)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. metal, large, rotted, strong)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. happens, changes, is)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. apaart, always)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. under the load, in their toolkit)