Black Rhinos

　　Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
　　Key learning Area Social Studies and Mathematics
　　Theme Endangered Black Rhinoceroses

　　Title Why Black Rhinos Are Endangered
　　Text Type Explanation
　　Pages 2–9
　　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 2)
　　Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 3–8)
　　Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 9)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. rhinoceros, Africa, snouts)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. them)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. many, cleared)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. make, build, find)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. In the 1960s)

　　Title Looking for Blossom
　　Text Type Narrative
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Story
　　Genre Fiction
　　Purpose To entertain and/or instruct readers by telling a series of events with a problem and a solution

　　Text Structure
　　Orientation: The main character is introduced in a setting of time and place (Page 10)
　　Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 11–15)
　　Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Jeff, grassland, rhinos)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. His, him, her)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. African, grey, fresh)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. drove, lived, slung)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in the park)