PM Writing 4 Emerald 25 Artistic Elephants

　　Artistic Elephants

　　Levels 25 Emerald
　　Key learning Area The Arts
　　Theme Elephants that paint in zoos

　　Title Elephants that Paint
　　Text Type Information Report
　　Pages 2–9
　　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 (Page 2–3)
Description: Provides information about the subject's physical appearance and other characteristics (Pages 4–7)
Evaluation: Provides a summary statement about the subject (Page 8–9)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. artists, keepers)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they, their)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. some, not as many)
　　‧Past tense verbs (e.g. help, hold)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. very)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in hot conditions)

　　Title Should Elephants Paint?
　　Text Type Discussion
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Letters to the editor
　　Genre Non-fiction　　
　　Purpose To examine more than one side of an issue

　　Text Structure
　　Opening Statement: Outlines the issue (Page 10 and 14)
　　Arguments 'For' and ' Against': Includes evidence in support of and against the issue (Pages 10 and 12, 14 and 16)
　　Concluding Statement: Summary of the writer's opinion (Page 12 and 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. exhibition, Internet)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. They, them)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. disagree, believe)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. better, new)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. strongly, currently)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in their trunks)
　　‧Conjunctions/Text connectives (e.g. whenever)