Levels 24/25 Silver/Emerald Key learning Area Science Theme Meteor Showers and Astronomy
Title Shooting Stars 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. house, movie, Saturday)
Pronouns (e.g. They, it, You)
Adjectives (e.g. favourite, bright, orange)
Past tense verbs (e.g. followed, laughed)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. into the garden)
Time and sequence words (e.g. Suddenly)
Title How Meteors Are Formed Text Type Exposition Pages 10–16 Text Form Scientific Essay Genre Non-fiction Purpose To explain how or why something occurs
Text Structure Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Page 10) Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 11–15) Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)
Language Features
Nouns (e.g. comet, Earth, meteoroids)
Pronouns (e.g. it, they)
Adjectives (e.g. small, large)
Present tense verbs (e.g. passes, glow, fall)
Adverbs (e.g. brightly)
Adverbial phrases (e.g. towards the Earth)
By Heather Hammonds
Illustrations by Chantal Stewart