Maddie's Life Jacket
Levels 24/25 Silver/Emerald
Key learning Area Health and Physical Well-being
Theme Protective Clothing
Title Capsized
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. river, helmet, kayak)
‧Pronouns (e.g. her, she, they)
‧Adjectives (e.g. cold, wet, peaceful)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. paddled, capsized, brought)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. towards them)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. Ten minutes later)
Title SavedbyMyLifeJacket
Text Type Recount
Pages 10–16
Text Form Personal Recount
Genre Fiction
Purpose To retell and evaluate events and experiences
Text Structure
Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Page 10)
Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 11–15)
Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 16)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. clothes, paddles, life jacket)
‧Pronouns (e.g. I, we, my)
‧Adjectives (e.g. fun, deep)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. carried, realised, reached)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. on the river)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. Yesterday afternoon)
