Black Rhinos
Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
Key learning Area Social Studies and Mathematics
Theme Endangered Black Rhinoceroses
Title Why Black Rhinos Are Endangered
Text Type Explanation
Pages 2–9
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 2)
Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 3–8)
Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 9)
Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. rhinoceros, Africa, snouts)
-- Pronouns (e.g. them)
-- Adjectives (e.g. many, cleared)
-- Present tense verbs (e.g. make, build, find)
-- Time and sequence words (e.g. In the 1960s)
Title Looking for Blossom
Text Type Narrative
Pages 10–16
Text Form Story
Genre Fiction
Purpose To entertain and/or instruct readers by telling a series of events with a problem and a solution
Text Structure
Orientation: The main character is introduced in a setting of time and place (Page 10)
Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 11–15)
Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 16)
Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. Jeff, grassland, rhinos)
-- Pronouns (e.g. His, him, her)
-- Adjectives (e.g. African, grey, fresh)
-- Past tense verbs (e.g. drove, lived, slung)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. in the park)