A Healthy Body

Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
Key learning Area Health and Physical Well-being
Theme Staying Healthy

Title Be Healthy
Text Type Information Report
Pages 2–9
Text Form Reference
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To present information that classifies living and non-living things

Text Structure
General Statement: Identifies and classifies the subject (Page 2)
Description: Provides information about the subject’s physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 3–7)
Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 8)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. people, food, exercise)
-- Pronouns (e.g. they)
-- Adjectives (e.g. soft)
-- Present tense verbs (e.g. keep, drink, watch)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. from the weather)

Title Your Brain and Heart
Text Type Description
Pages 10–16
Text Form Observation
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)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. brain, heart, messages)
-- Pronouns (e.g. it, you)
-- Adjectives (e.g. huge, fleshy, important)
-- Present tense verbs (e.g. keeps, works, beats)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. around your body)