Levels 30 Sapphire
Key learning Area Health and Physical Wellbeing/Technology
Theme Handling food safely

Title Keeping Food Safe
Text Type Exposition
Pages 2–9
Text Form Safety brochure
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To persuade by arguing one side of an issue

Text Structure
Statement of Position: Explains the writer's point of view and previews the arguments (Page 2)
Series of arguments: Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 2–3)
Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 9)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. bacteria, temperature)
-- Pronouns (e.g. they, it)
-- Adjectives (e.g. unpleasant, proper)
-- Sensing verbs (e.g. thought, hoped, know)
-- Adverbs (e.g. realise, understand)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. safely, thoroughly, immediately)
-- Time and sequence words (e.g. before preparing or handling)

Title The Farmers' Market
Text Type Response
Pages 10–16
Text Form Information brochure
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To give an opinion about a written or visual work, object or event

Text Structure
Context: States the context of the work, object or event and previews the writer's opinion (optional) (Page 10)
Description: Describes features of the work, object or event (Pages 11–15)
Judgement: Gives a personal opinion based on the description (Page 16)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. produce, stalls, bakers)
-- Pronouns (e.g. they)
-- Adjectives (e.g. Free-range, clean)
-- Sensing verbs (e.g. prefer, know )
-- Adverbs (e.g. freely, attractively, locally)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. inside a hen house)
-- Time and sequence words (e.g. early in the morning)