Forest Trees

Levels 26 Emerald
Key learning Area Science
Theme Trees and the natural environment

Title Discovery of a Giant Tree
Text Type Description
Pages 2–9
Text Form Article in a scientific magazine
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 2)
Characteristics:  Describes details about the subject (Pages 3–8)
Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subject (Page 8)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. Tasmania, Centurion, trunk)
-- Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
-- Adjectives (e.g. ancient, evergreen)
-- Present tense relating verbs (e.g. is, has)
-- Adverbs (e.g. recently, even)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. at some time)

Title How Trees Grow in a Forest
Text Type Explanation
Pages 10–16
Text Form Chapter in a book
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Page 10–11)
Explanation Sequence:  Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 11–15)
Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. shoot, roots, leaves, nutrients)
-- Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
-- Adjectives (e.g. stronger, different)
-- Present tense relating verbs (e.g. falls, lands, split)
-- Adverbs (e.g. gently, near)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. towards the light)
-- Time and sequence words (e.g. First, When, Next)