Levels 16/17 Orange/Turquoise Key learning Area Art and Music Theme Portraiture
Title My Painting of Grandma Text Type Recount Pages 2–9 Text Form Art Journal Genre Non-fiction Purpose To retell and evaluate events
and experiences
Text Structure Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Pages 2) Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 3–9) Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 9)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. morning, Grandma, head)
Pronouns (e.g. her, I, she)
Adjectives (e.g. short, brown, big)
Past tense verbs (e.g. came, got, painted)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. in front of me)
Title Grandma Text Type Description Pages 10–16 Text Form Character 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 (Page 10) Characteristics: Describes details about the subject (Pages 11–15) Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subject (Page 16)