Levels 22/23 Gold/Silver
　　Key learning Area Art and Music
　　Theme Dance and Theatre

　　Title My Ballet Concert
　　Text Type Recount
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Newsletter
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To retell and evaluate events and experiences

　　Text Structure
　　Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Page 2)
　　Sequence of events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 3–8)
　　Personal or evaluative comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 9)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. concert, dances, stage)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. we, I, our)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. started, wore, performed)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. fierce, pink, beautiful)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. at the arts centre)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. After)

　　Title Our Local Arts Centre
　　Text Type Description
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Place Description
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To describe the characteristics of people, places and things

　　Text Structure
　　Introduction: Informs the reader about the subject being described (Pages 10)
　　Characteristic features: Describes details about the subject (Pages 11–15)
　　Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subject (Page 16)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. arts centre, theatre, speakers)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. local, large, thick)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. enter, wait, covers)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. up)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. during a show)