Levels 8/9 Yellow/Blue
Key learning Area Technology
Theme Constructing
Text Type Description
Text Form Object Description
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To describe the characteristics of people, places and things
Text Structure Introduction: Informs the reader about the subject being described (Pages 2–3) Characteristics: Describes details about the subject (Pages 4–15) Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subject (Page 16)
Language Features
Common nouns (e.g. beads, feathers, string)
Pronouns (e.g. it, some)
Adjectives (e.g. long, windy)
Past tense verbs (e.g. is, are, has)
By Heather Hammonds
Photographs by Lyz Turner-Clark