A non-fiction information report and exposition about dams and water use: tells why dams are built, how they are filled, how water is released and how the water is used. Includes a letter to the editor of a newspaper on why the writer thinks the town should have a new dam so there is more water for everyone to use. Text type: information report and exposition; Genre: non-fiction PM Writing 3 provides: writing goals that guide and support teachers and students instructional content for the conventions and composition of consolidating writing content that promotes writing to construct meaning across the curriculum in a variety of text forms teaching and learning approaches that promote choice and authenticity in writing for a variety of purposes and audiences. PM Writing is a complete learning, teaching and assessment package that develops the writing process throughout the primary phase. It provides explicit and systematic instruction in writing, incorporating shared, guided and independent writing and linked independent reading. #pm19-offer