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Explanation Writing Features
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Explanation Writing Features
📚 Part 1: Understanding Explanation Writing
1. What is the main purpose of explanation writing?
To tell a story
To explain how or why something happens
To describe what something looks like
To give instructions
2. Which linking words help connect ideas in explanation writing? (Tick all that apply)
because
for example
once upon a time
therefore
first, next, then
3. What are the main parts of explanation writing?
Beginning, middle, end
Introduction, steps or reasons, conclusion
Problem, solution, result
Characters, setting, plot
4. Read this sentence: "Plants need sunlight _______ it helps them make food." Which linking word fits best?
and
but
because
so
✏️ Part 2: Identifying Text Features
5. Look at this explanation text about how rain forms. Underline the linking words and circle the topic vocabulary.
Rain forms through a process called the water cycle. First, the sun heats
water in oceans and rivers. This causes the water to evaporate and rise
into the sky as water vapour. Next, the vapour cools and forms tiny
droplets in clouds. Finally, when the droplets become too heavy, they
fall as rain. This is why we have rain to water our plants and gardens.
6. What is the introduction sentence in the text above?
7. Write a good conclusion sentence for an explanation about "How butterflies grow":
8. Complete this explanation sentence using a linking word: "Leaves change colour in autumn _________ the trees stop making green chlorophyll."
Answer: _________________
🌱 Part 3: Planning Your Own Explanation
9. Choose a topic you could explain (tick one):
How flowers grow
Why we have day and night
How ice melts
Your own idea: ________________
10. Plan your explanation using this organiser:
Introduction: What are you explaining?
_________________________________________________
Step 1: First thing that happens
_________________________________________________
Step 2: Next thing that happens
_________________________________________________
Step 3: Final thing that happens
_________________________________________________
Conclusion: Why is this important?
_________________________________________________
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