PM Writing 3 Purple/Gold 20/21 A Healthy Body

　　A Healthy Body

　　Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
　　Key learning Area Health and Physical Well-being
　　Theme Staying Healthy

　　Title Be Healthy
　　Text Type Information Report
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Reference
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To present information that classifies living and non-living things

　　Text Structure
　　General Statement: Identifies and classifies the subject (Page 2)
　　Description: Provides information about the subject’s physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 3–7)
　　Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 8)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. people, food, exercise)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. soft)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. keep, drink, watch)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. from the weather)

　　Title Your Brain and Heart
　　Text Type Description
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Observation
　　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 subject (Page 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. brain, heart, messages)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. it, you)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. huge, fleshy, important)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. keeps, works, beats)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. around your body)