The Example of Reports Text / Paragraph

Reports Text / Paragraph

Social Function:

Report Text is to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena in our environment.

Significant Grammatical Features:

• Focus on Generic Participants
• Use of Relational Processes to state what is and that which it is
• Use of Simple Present Tense
• No temporal sequence

The Example of Reports Text / Paragraph:

Whales

General

Classification                           Whales are sea-living mammals.

Description                              They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land.

-Parts                                      Some species a very large indeed and the blue whale,

-Qualities                                 which can exceed 40m in length, is the largest animal
- Habits or behaviors                to have lived on earth. Superficially, the whale looks

  (if living);                               rather like a fish, but 

  uses (if non-natural)               there are important differences in its external 

                                              structure; its tail consists of a pair of broad, flat 
                                              horizontal  paddles (the tail of a fish is vertical) 
                                              and it has a single nostril on top of its large, 
                                              broad head. 

                                              The skin is smooth and shiny and beneath it lies a 
                                              layer of fat (blubber). This is up to 35cm in thickness 

                                              and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.

image from: bbc.co.uk

The Example of Procedure Text / Paragraph

Procedure Text / Paragraph

Social Function 

Procedure Text is to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of action or steps.

Significant grammatical Features:

• Focus on generalized human agents
• Use of Simple Present Tense, often Imperative
• Use mainly of temporal conjunctions (or numbering to indicate sequence)
• Use Mainly of Material Processes.

The Example of Procedure Text / Paragraph:

The Hole Game

Materials Needed:

• Two players
• One marble one person
• a hole in ground
• a line (distance) to start from

1.  First you must dub (click marbles together)
2. Then you must check that the marbles are in good condition.
3. Next you must dig a hole in the ground and draw a line a fair distance away from the hole.
4. The first player carefully throws his or her marble towards the hole.
5. The the second player tries to throw his or her marble closer to the hole than his or her opponent
6. The player whose marble is closest to the hole tries to flick his or her marble into the hole. If successful, this player tries to flick his or her opponent's marble into the hole. The person flicking the last marble into the hole wins and gets to keep both marbles.

image from: landofmarbles.com