The Children's Farm
Levels 8/9 Yellow/Blue
Key learning Area Social Studies and Mathematics
Theme Urban Farms and Animals
Text Type Recount
Text Form Diary
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To retell and evaluate events or experiences
Text Structure
Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Pages 2–3)
Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 4–15)
Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 16)
Language Features
-- Common nouns (e.g. class, farm, cow)
-- Proper nouns (e.g. Monday)
-- Pronouns (e.g. him, we)
-- Adjectives (e.g. big, red, good)
-- Past tense verbs (e.g. went, gave)
Key learning Area Social Studies and Mathematics
Theme Urban Farms and Animals
Text Type Recount
Text Form Diary
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To retell and evaluate events or experiences
Text Structure
Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Pages 2–3)
Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 4–15)
Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 16)
Language Features
-- Common nouns (e.g. class, farm, cow)
-- Proper nouns (e.g. Monday)
-- Pronouns (e.g. him, we)
-- Adjectives (e.g. big, red, good)
-- Past tense verbs (e.g. went, gave)