PM Writing 1 Blue/Green 11/12 Water from a Tap

　　Water form a Tap

　　Levels 11/12 Blue/Green
　　Key learning Area Science and Social Studies
　　Theme Water Supply

　　Text Type Exposition
　　Text Form Technical Writing
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To explain how or why something occurs

　　Text Structure
　　Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Pages 2–3)
　　Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 4–15)
　　Concluding Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Common nouns (e.g. water, pipes, lakes)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. We, ourselves)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. big, small, clean)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. drink, goes, falls)