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Explanation Writing Self-Assessment
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Explanation Writing Self-Assessment
Choose one explanation you have written. Reread it carefully, then answer each question using evidence from your own writing. Be honest: self-assessment helps you decide what to keep and what to improve.
Check your explanation
An explanation tells how or why something happens. Look for a clear opening that introduces the process, ideas arranged in a sensible order, accurate details, topic words, and a closing that sums up the result.
1.Tick each feature you can find in your explanation. If you cannot find one yet, leave it unticked and consider adding it.
☐ A clear opening
☐ Logically ordered steps or ideas
☐ Linking words
☐ Accurate facts or details
☐ Topic-specific vocabulary
☐ A concluding statement
2.Find one linking word or phrase in your writing, such as “first”, “because”, “next” or “as a result”. Write it and explain how it connects your ideas.
3.Which best describes the order of ideas in your explanation? Choose one, then point to a clue from your writing.
- The ideas follow a clear order that helps the reader understand.
- Some ideas are in order, but one part may need moving.
- The order is difficult to follow so far.
4.Choose one topic-specific word you used. Write the word and explain what it means in your explanation.
5.Find a fact or specific detail that supports your explanation. Copy it here and say which idea it helps explain.
6.Reread your opening and ending. Which statement fits your explanation?
- Both introduce and finish the explanation clearly.
- The opening or ending is clear, but the other needs work.
- I need to improve both the opening and ending.
7.Read one sentence aloud quietly to yourself. Choose the edit that would help your reader most, if any.
- Check spelling, punctuation or grammar.
- Make a sentence clearer or more precise.
- Add a linking word or useful detail.
- No change needed in this sentence.
8.What part of your explanation are you most proud of? Name the section or sentence and explain why it works well.
9.Choose one change you will make before sharing your explanation. Write what you will change and how it will help the reader.
10.After checking your writing, how confident do you feel about explaining how or why something happens? Circle one and give one reason.
- Very confident
- Mostly confident
- Still practising
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