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)
By Heather Hammonds
Photographs by Lyz Turner-Clark