PM Writing 4 Ruby 28 Tracker Dogs

　　Levels 28 Ruby
　　Key learning Area Science
　　Theme How dogs use their noses to track and search

　　Title Finding Amy
　　Text Type Recount
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Story
　　Genre Fiction
　　Purpose To retell and evaluate events and experiences

　　Text Structure
　　Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Pages 2–3)
　　Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 4–8)
　　Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 9)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. Forest Reserve Picnic Ground, family, doll, child)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. she, her, They)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. plastic)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. were held, commenced)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. safely, quietly)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. for their prompt action)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. Dusk had fallen)

　　Title Dogs That Track and Search
　　Text Type Information Report
　　Pages 10–16
　　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 10–11)
　　Description: Provides information about the subject's physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 12–15)
　　Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject Page 16)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. victims, scent, members)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. their, they, it)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. dangerous, many, Wild)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. sniffing, track, seem)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. sometimes, alos)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in the line of duty)