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Black Rhinos
Levels 20/21 Purple/Gold
Key learning Area Social Studies and Mathematics
Theme Endangered Black Rhinoceroses
Title Why Black Rhinos Are Endangered
Text Type Explanation
Pages 2–9
Text Form Newspaper Article
Genre Non-fiction
Purpose To explain how or why something occurs
Text Structure
Identifying Statement: Tells what is to be explained (Page 2)
Explanation Sequence: Explains a series of events or cause and effect (Pages 3–8)
Summary Statement: Draws all the information together (Page 9)
Language Features
．Nouns (e.g. rhinoceros, Africa, snouts)
．Pronouns (e.g. them)
．Adjectives (e.g. many, cleared)
．Present tense verbs (e.g. make, build, find)
．Time and sequence words (e.g. In the 1960s)
Title Looking for Blossom
Text Type Narrative
Pages 10–16
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 10)
Complication: The character encounters a problem (Pages 11–15)
Resolution: The problem is solved (Page 16)
Language Features
．Nouns (e.g. Jeff, grassland, rhinos)
．Pronouns (e.g. His, him, her)
．Adjectives (e.g. African, grey, fresh)
．Past tense verbs (e.g. drove, lived, slung)
．Adverbial phrases (e.g. in the park)
