Levels 14/15 Green/Orange
Key learning Area Technology
Theme Tools
Text Type Recount
Text Form Diary
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To retell and evaluate events and 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 (Page 16)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. leaves, trowels, branches)
Pronouns (e.g. I, we)
Adjectives (e.g. big, new, long)
Past tense verbs (e.g. worked, pulled, dug)
Time and sequence words (e.g. First, Next, Then)
By Julie Haydon
Illustrations by Jenny Mountstephen