PM Writing 4 Emerald 26 Forest Trees

　　Forest Trees

　　Levels 26 Emerald
　　Key learning Area Science
　　Theme Trees and the natural environment

　　Title Discovery of a Giant Tree
　　Text Type Description
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Article in a scientific magazine
　　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 8)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Tasmania, Centurion, trunk)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. ancient, evergreen)
　　‧Present tense relating verbs (e.g. is, has)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. recently, even)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. at some time)

　　Title How Trees Grow in a Forest
　　Text Type Explanation
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Chapter in a book
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

　　Text Structure
　　Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Page 10–11)
　　Explanation Sequence:  Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 11–15)
　　Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. shoot, roots, leaves, nutrients)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. stronger, different)
　　‧Present tense relating verbs (e.g. falls, lands, split)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. gently, near)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. towards the light)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. First, When, Next)