PM Writing 2 Green/Orange 14/15 How Gliders Fly

　　How Gliders Fly

　　Levels 14/15 Green/Orange
　　Key learning Area Science and Social Studies
　　Theme Non-engine Powered Objects that can Fly

　　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)
　　Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. hang-gliders, wind, aeroplane)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. them)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. long, small)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. lands, pulls, pushes)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. When)