Levels 24/25 Silver/Emerald Key learning Area Art and Music Theme Writing Children’s Books
Title Taffy Cat Text Type Narrative Pages 2–9 Text Form Story Genre Fiction Purpose To entertain and/or instruct readers by telling a series of events with a problem and a solution
Text Structure Orientation: The main character is introduced in a setting of time and place (Page 2) Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 3–8) Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 9)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. window, breakfast, wheels)
Pronouns (e.g. her, she, their)
Adjectives (e.g. favourite, fresh, soft)
Past tense verbs (e.g. knew, waited, watched)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. on Angela’s bed)
Time and sequence words (e.g. The next day)
Title Make a Story Book Text Type Procedure Pages 10–16 Text Form Instructions Genre Non-fiction Purpose To provide instructions about how to make or do something
Text Structure Goal: Outlines what is to be achieved (Page 10) Materials: Specifies the materials needed to achieve the goal (Page 10) Steps: Lists the steps in order of sequence (Pages 11–16)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. paper, book, story)
Pronouns (e.g. you, your)
Adjectives (e.g. difficult, main)
Present tense verbs (e.g. decide, start, check)
Adverbs (e.g. together)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. in your story)
By Julie Haydon
Illustrations by Pat Reynlods and Rachel Tonkin