Oil
Levels 30 Sapphire Key learning Area Earth Science
Theme Oil as a source of energy
Title Is oil an Important Source of Energy? Text Type Discussion
Pages 2–9
Text Form Debate
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To examine more than one side of an issue
Text Structure Opening Statement: Outlines the issue (Page 0)
Arguments 'For' and 'Against': Includes evidence in support of and against the issue (Pages 3–8)
Concluding Statement: Summary of the writer's opinion(Page 9)
Language Features ‧Nouns (e.g. resources, electricity)
‧Pronouns (e.g. it, They)
‧Adjectives (e.g. renewable, cheaper)
‧Sensing verbs (e.g. believe, think)
‧Adverbs (e.g. easily, also)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. through long pipelines)
‧Conjunctions/Text connectives (e.g. and, because)
Title The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Text Type Recount
Pages 10–16
Text Form Article in a journal
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To retell and evaluate events and experiences
Text Structure Orientation: Provides information about who, where and when (Page 10)
Sequence of Events: Presents events in chronological order (Pages 11–15)
Personal Comment: Evaluates the events that took place (Page 16)
Language Features ‧Nouns (e.g. Prince William Sound, volunteers)
‧Pronouns (e.g. it, they, them )
‧Adjectives (e.g. sheer, soapy)
‧Past tense verbs (e.g. caused, removed, prevented)
‧Adverbs (e.g. unfortunately, quickly)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. with the enormous clean-up)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. On 24 March 1989)