Food Safety
Levels 30 Sapphire Key learning Area Health and Physical Wellbeing/Technology
Theme Handling food safely
Title Keeping Food Safe Text Type Exposition
Pages 2–9
Text Form Safety brochure
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 2–3)
Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 9)
Language Features ‧Nouns (e.g. bacteria, temperature)
‧Pronouns (e.g. they, it)
‧Adjectives (e.g. unpleasant, proper)
‧Sensing verbs (e.g. thought, hoped, know)
‧Adverbs (e.g. realise, understand)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. safely, thoroughly, immediately)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. before preparing or handling)
Title The Farmers' Market Text Type Response
Pages 10–16
Text Form Information brochure
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. produce, stalls, bakers)
‧Pronouns (e.g. they)
‧Adjectives (e.g. Free-range, clean)
‧Sensing verbs (e.g. prefer, know )
‧Adverbs (e.g. freely, attractively, locally)
‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. inside a hen house)
‧Time and sequence words (e.g. early in the morning)