Levels 29 Sapphire
Key learning Area Technology/Science
Theme How levers are used

Title How Levers Work
Text Type Explanation
Pages 2–9
Text Form Reference article
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Page 2)
Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 3–8)
Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 9)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. machines, loads, pivot, fulcrum)
-- Pronouns (e.g. they, them)
-- Adjectives (e.g. simple, Many)
-- Present tense verbs (e.g. are, is turns, moves)
-- Adverbs (e.g. easily, usually, only, often)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. at the fulcrum)
-- Conjunctions/Text connectives (e.g. when, because, If)

Title The Crowbar
Text Type information Report
Pages 10–16
Text Form Reference
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To present information that classifies living or non-living things

Text Structure
General Statement: Identifies and classifies the subject (Page 10)
Description: Provides information about the subject's physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 10–15)
Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject Page 16)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. crowbar, boulders, lever, force)
-- Pronouns (e.g. they, them, their, it)
-- Adjectives (e.g. metal, large, rotted, strong)
-- Present tense verbs (e.g. happens, changes, is)
-- Adverbs (e.g. apaart, always)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. under the load, in their toolkit)