Story Book
Levels 24/25 Silver/Emerald
Key learning Area Art and Music
Theme Writing Children’s Books
Title Taffy Cat
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. window, breakfast, wheels)
‧Pronouns (e.g. her, she, their)
‧Adjectives (e.g. favourite, fresh, soft)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. knew, waited, watched)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. on Angela’s bed)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. The next day)
Title Make a Story Book
Text Type Procedure
Pages 10–16
Text Form Instructions
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To provide instructions about how to make or do something
Text Structure
Goal: Outlines what is to be achieved (Page 10)
Materials: Specifies the materials needed to achieve the goal (Page 10)
Steps: Lists the steps in order of sequence (Pages 11–16)
Language Features
‧Nouns (e.g. paper, book, story)
‧Pronouns (e.g. you, your)
‧Adjectives (e.g. difficult, main)
‧Present tense verbs (e.g. decide, start, check)
‧Adverbs (e.g. together)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in your story)