PM Writing 1 Yellow/Blue 8/9 Pet Budgies

　　Levels 8/9 Yellow/Blue
　　Key learning Area Science
　　Theme Animals and Care of a Pet

　　Text Type Information Report
　　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 (Pages 2–3)
　　Description: Provides information about the subject’s physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 4–15)
　　Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 16)

　　Language Features

　　‧Common nouns (e.g. bird, cage, door)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. little, good, clean)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. eat, are, fly)