Cars
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)