Levels 16/17 Orange/Turquoise
　　Key learning Area Technology
　　Theme Automotive Technology

　　Title Cars Today
　　Text Type Information Report
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Reference
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To present information that classifies living or non-living things

　　Text Structure
　　General Statement: Identifies and classifies the subject (Page 2)
　　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. cars, engines, people)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they, them)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. big, small)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. travel, carry)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. from place to place)

　　Title Why People Drive Cars
　　Text Type Explanation
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Newspaper Article
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

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

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. school, place, petrol)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. big, heavy)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. travel, drive, use)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. inside the car)