The Planets and Pluto
Levels 28 Ruby
Key learning Area Science
Theme The Planets
Title The Planets
Text Type Information Report
Pages 2–9
Text Form Group Presentation
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To present information that classifies living or non-living things
Text Structure
General Statement: Identifies and classifies the subject (Pages 2–3)
Description: Provides information about the subject's physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 4–8)
Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 9)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. Solar System, energy, Earth, core)
‧Pronouns (e.g. it, They, its)
‧Adjectives (e.g. inner, brightest, natural)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. is, are, orbits, believe)
‧Adverbs (e.g. mostly, more quickly)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in the Solar System)
Title Pluto- A Dwarf Planet
Text Type Description
Pages 10–16
Text Form Magazine article
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 10)
Characteristics: Describes details about the subject (Pages 11–15)
Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subjects (Page 16)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. Pluto, planet, observatory)
‧Pronouns (e.g. its, it)
‧Adjectives (e.g. young, Roman)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. is, needs)
‧Adverbs (e.g. only, Recently)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in August 2006)
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