NLC Materials

1. This week we have been looking at texts whose
main purpose is to give us information. We have
explored Expository texts, like the one on Long
Covid which was an Information Report and
Explanations, like the one on the Water Cycle and
Instructional texts, like the one on what you can do
about climate change.

2. 1. The Mountains of Nepal
2. How to Buy a House
3. Why Generation Z Loves Technology
4. A Guide for Installing Solar Panels in the Roof of Your
House
5. What Causes Volcanoes to Erupt?
6. Weather Patterns in the Philippines
7. What to Do If Your Credit Card is Stolen

3. 1. The Mountains of Nepal (Answer: Information Report)
2. How to Buy a House (Answer: Instructional)
3. Why Generation Z Loves Technology (Answer:
Explanation)
4. A Guide for Installing Solar Panels in the Roof of Your
House (Answer: Instructional)
5. What Causes Volcanoes to Erupt? (Answer:
Explanation)
6. Weather Patterns in the Philippines (Answer:
Information Report)
7. What to Do If Your Credit Card is Stolen (Answer:
Instructional).

4. VOCABULARY
 renewable energy source (something like wind or sunlight that can be used to
generate power and will always be there – unlike coal, for instance, which once
it’s used it’s gone forever)
 solar panels (Let’s leave this one and the next one until I read the text and we
will see if we can work it out from its context and the other words that surround
it)
 photovoltaic cells (cells that contain silicon and can convert light into
electricity)
 silicon (a hard, brittle crystal-like element which acts as a semi-conductor – i.e.
it can be used to convert sunlight into electricity)
 aluminum (a metal used in building)
 fossil fuels (natural energy sources like coal and gas)
 efficient (effective, not wasteful)

5. Is Solar Power an Information
Report, an Explanation or an
Instructional text?

6. How does solar power
help to slow climate
change?

7. Look at the first
paragraph of each
text. How do they
compare?

8. Give each paragraph
of Solar Power a
heading.

9. Look at the last
paragraph of each
text. How do they
compare?

10. Imagine that you are having a
conversation with one of your
parents or grandparents and
you are trying to persuade them
changing ONE thing in their lives
that would help reduce
climate change. Using the
information in both texts, what
would you talk about?