PM Writing 3 Gold/Silver 22/23 Simon the Bully

　　Levels 22/23 Gold/Silver
　　Key learning Area Health and Physical Well-being
　　Theme Bullying

　　Title School Bully
　　Text Type Narrative
　　Pages 2–9
　　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 2)
　　Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 3–8)
　　Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 9)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. school, parents, desk)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. he, They)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. new, nasty, angry)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. pushed, asked, sneered)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. calmly, bravely, quietly)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. onto the floor)

　　Title Simon
　　Text Type Description
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Character Description
　　Genre 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. holidays, children, bully)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. he, they)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. unhappy, long, powerful)
　　‧Present tense verbs (e.g. plays, thinks, frowns)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. Sadly)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. During the weekend)