PM Writing 4 Ruby 28 Tracker Dogs

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)