A School Concert
Levels 14/15 Green/Orange
Key learning Area Art and Music
Theme Music and Movement
Text Type Exposition
Text Form Essay
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To persuade by arguing one side of an issue
Text Structure
Statement of Position: Explains the writer’s point of view and previews the arguments (Pages 2–3)
Series of Arguments: Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 4–15)
Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 16)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. school, concert, costumes)
‧Pronouns (e.g. They, everyone)
‧Adjectives (e.g. big)
‧Sensing verbs (e.g. think, like)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in a big concert)