PM Writing 3 Purple/Gold 20/21 Hydroponic Tomatoes

Hydroponic Tomatoes

Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
Key learning Area Technology
Theme Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes

Title Juicy and Delicious
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 8)

Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. Zac, bags, tomatoes)
‧Pronouns (e.g. she, I, them)
‧Adjectives (e.g. juicy, delicious, biggest)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. walked, groaned, arrived)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. on the way home, on the path, at the farm)

Title Tasty Hydroponic Tomatoes
Text Type Exposition
Pages 10–16
Text Form Advertisement
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To persuade by arguing one side of an issue

Text Structure
Statement of Position:Explains the writer’s point of view and previews the arguments (Page 10)
Series of Arguments: Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 10–16)
Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 16)

Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. vitamins, greenhouses, gardens)
‧Pronouns (e.g. us, they, them)
‧Adjectives (e.g. biggest, tastiest, delicious)
‧Sensing verbs (e.g. believe, think)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in greenhouses, in gardens, almost all year round)