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)