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How Gliders Fly
Levels 14/15 Green/Orange
Key learning Area Science and Social Studies
Theme Non-engine Powered Objects that can Fly
Text Type Exposition
Text Form Technical Writing
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs
Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Pages 2–3)
Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 4–15)
Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 16)
Language Features
．Nouns (e.g. hang-gliders, wind, aeroplane)
．Pronouns (e.g. them)
．Adjectives (e.g. long, small)
．Present tense verbs (e.g. lands, pulls, pushes)
．Time and sequence words (e.g. When)
