Levels 5/6 Red / Yellow
Key learning Area Science and Mathematics
Theme Seashore life
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(Pages 16)
Language Features
Common nouns(e.g. e.g. shells, house, beach)
Proper nouns(e.g. Grandad, Mum, Dad)
Pronouns(e.g. I, We)
Adjectives(e.g. Iittle)
Past tense verbs(e.g. looked, stayed, ran)
By Annette Smith
Photographs by Lyz Turner-Clark
Illustrations by Rachel Tonkin