Monday, March 09, 2009

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

Whales

Whales are sea-living mammals.

They therefore breathe air but cannot survive on land. Some species are very large indeed and the blue whale, which can exceed 30m in length, is the largest animal to have lived on earth. Superficially, the whale looks rather like a fish, but 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 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 30cm in thickness and serves to conserve heat and body fluids.

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

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