PM Writing 4 Ruby 28 The Planets and Pluto

　　Levels 28 Ruby
　　Key learning Area Science
　　Theme The Planets

　　Title The Planets
　　Text Type Information Report
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Group Presentation
　　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 4–8)
　　Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 9)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Solar System, energy, Earth, core)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, They, its)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. inner, brightest, natural)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. is, are, orbits, believe)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. mostly, more quickly)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in the Solar System)

　　Title Pluto- A Dwarf Planet
　　Text Type Description
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Magazine article
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To describe the characteristics of people, places and things

　　Text Structure
　　Introduction: Informs the reader about the subject being described (Page 10)
　　Characteristics: Describes details about the subject (Pages 11–15)
　　Evaluation: Provides a personal comment about the subjects (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Pluto, planet, observatory)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. its, it)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. young, Roman)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. is, needs)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. only, Recently)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in August 2006)