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)