PM Writing 4 Ruby 28 Team Sports

　　Levels 28 Ruby
　　Key learning Area Health and Physical Education
　　Theme Playing sport in teams

　　Title Join a Team Sport
　　Text Type Exposition
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Magazine article
　　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 2)
　　Series of Arguments: Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 3–8)
　　Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 9)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. exercise, teams)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. they, we, us)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. physical, exciting)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. need)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. socially, generally)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. in their area)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. First, Second, Third)

　　Title We Won!
　　Text Type Reference
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Match review
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To give an opinion about a written or visual work, object or event

　　Text Structure
　　Context: States the context of the work, object or event and previews the writer's opinion (optional) (Page 10)
　　Description: Describes features of the work, object or event (Pages 11–15)
Judgement: Gives a personal opinion based on the description (Page 16)

　　Language Features

　　‧Nouns (e.g. spectators, possession)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. their, our)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. huge, shiny, loudest)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. thought, hoped)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. obviously, speedily)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. around the court )
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. Yesterday afternoon)