Let's Dance
Levels 27 Ruby
Key learning Area The Arts
Theme Creating or responding to a dance performance
Title How to Create a Dance
Text Type Procedure
Pages 2–9
Text Form Instructions
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To provide instructions about how to make or do something
Text Structure
Goal: Outlines what is to be achieved (Page 2)
Materials: Specifies the materials needed to achieve the goal (Page 3)
Steps: Lists the steps in order of sequence (Pages 4–9)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. costumes, space)
‧Pronouns (e.g. they, your)
‧Adjectives (e.g. simple, several)
‧Present tense verbs (e.g. practise, rehearse)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. use, have, is)
‧•Adverbs (e.g. well, together)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in front of a mirror)
Title Swan Lake
Text Type Response
Pages 10–16
Text Form Diary entry
Genre Fiction
Purpose To give an opinion about a written or visual work, object or event
Text Structure
Context: States the context of the work, object or event and previews the writer's opinion (optional) (Page 10 and 13)
Description: Describes features of the work, object or event (Pages 11–14)
Judgement: Gives a personal opinion based on the description (Pages 15–16)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. choreography, backdrops)
‧Pronouns (e.g. they, she, his)
‧Adjectives (e.g. classical, graceful)
‧Sensing verbs (e.g. enjoyed, realises, want)
‧Adverbs (e.g. together)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. on one foot)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. in the future)