PM Writing 2 Turquoise/Purple 18/19 Living in the City

　　Living in the City
 
　　Levels 18/19 Turquoise/Purple
　　Key learning Area Social Studies
　　Theme Urban Living
 
　　Title Life in the City
　　Text Type Exposition
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Speech
　　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 4–6)
　　Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 8)
 
　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. morning, apartment, city)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. you, I, we)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. good, hot)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. like, agree)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in an apartment in the city)
 
　　Title Crash! Bang! Thump!
　　Text Type Narrative　　
　　Pages 10–16
　　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 10)　　
　　Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 10–14)
　　Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 16)
 
　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. window, noise, truck)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. he, she, you)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. big, huge, good)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. heard, leaped, backed)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. down the street)