Meteors

Levels 24/25 Silver/Emerald
Key learning Area Science
Theme Meteor Showers and Astronomy

Title Shooting Stars
Text Type Narrative
Pages 2–9
Text Form Story
Genre Fiction
Purpose To entertain and/or instruct readers by telling a series of events with a problem and a solution

Text Structure
Orientation: The main character is introduced in a setting of time and place (Page 2)
Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 3–8)
Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 9)

Language Features
-- Nouns (e.g. house, movie, Saturday)
-- Pronouns (e.g. They, it, You)
-- Adjectives (e.g. favourite, bright, orange)
-- Past tense verbs (e.g. followed, laughed)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. into the garden)
-- Time and sequence words (e.g. Suddenly)

Title How Meteors Are Formed
Text Type Exposition
Pages 10–16
Text Form Scientific Essay
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Page 10)
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. comet, Earth, meteoroids)
-- Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
-- Adjectives (e.g. small, large)
-- Present tense verbs (e.g. passes, glow, fall)
-- Adverbs (e.g. brightly)
-- Adverbial phrases (e.g. towards the Earth)