Levels 22/23 Gold/Silver
　　Key learning Area Science and Social Studies
　　Theme Plants and Water

　　Title Plants Need Water
　　Text Type Exposition
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Persuasive 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 (Page 2)
　　Series of Arguments: Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 3–9)
　　Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 9)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. plants, water, food)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, they, their)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. large, hot, sunny)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. need, must)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in hot weather)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. First, Third)

　　Title Plants and Water
　　Text Type Procedure
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Experiment
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To provide instructions about how to make or do something

　　Text Structure
　　Goal: Outlines what is to be achieved (Page 10)
　　Materials: Specifies the materials needed to achieve goal (Page 10)
　　Steps: Lists the steps in order of sequence (Pages 12–15)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. plants, dye, celery)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. tall, red, white)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. fill, Check, Look)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. until it is red)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. After)