Water form a Tap
Levels 11/12 Blue/Green
Key learning Area Science and Social Studies
Theme Water Supply
Text Type Exposition
Text Form Technical Writing
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs
Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Pages 2–3)
Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 4–15)
Concluding Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)
Language Features
‧Common nouns (e.g. water, pipes, lakes)
‧Pronouns (e.g. We, ourselves)
‧Adjectives (e.g. big, small, clean)
‧Present tense verbs (e.g. drink, goes, falls)
Levels 11/12 Blue/Green
Key learning Area Science and Social Studies
Theme Water Supply
Text Type Exposition
Text Form Technical Writing
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs
Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Pages 2–3)
Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 4–15)
Concluding Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)
Language Features
‧Common nouns (e.g. water, pipes, lakes)
‧Pronouns (e.g. We, ourselves)
‧Adjectives (e.g. big, small, clean)
‧Present tense verbs (e.g. drink, goes, falls)