Levels 8/9 Yellow/Blue
Key learning Area Science
Theme Animals and Care of a Pet

Text Type Information Report
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 (Pages 2–3)
Description: Provides information about the subject’s physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 4–15)
Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 16)

Language Features
-- Common nouns (e.g. bird, cage, door)
-- Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
-- Adjectives (e.g. little, good, clean)
-- Past tense verbs (e.g. eat, are, fly)