Explanation Writing Planning Worksheet
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Explanation Writing Planning Worksheet
Source notes: a journey from water to rain
Use these notes as your research. Evaporation: energy from the Sun warms water in oceans, lakes and rivers; some liquid water changes into invisible water vapour and rises. Cooling: higher in the atmosphere, the air is cooler; water vapour cools. Condensation: cooled vapour changes into tiny liquid droplets around small particles of dust; many droplets gather to form a cloud. Precipitation: droplets collide and join, becoming larger and heavier. When they are too heavy to remain in the air, they fall as rain. Collection: rain flows into streams and rivers or soaks into the ground, and some eventually returns to larger bodies of water. The cycle can begin again.
Set up your explanation
Make deliberate choices for your reader and purpose.
- Condensation → collection → evaporation → precipitation
- Evaporation → cooling and condensation → droplets grow → precipitation
- Precipitation → droplets grow → evaporation → condensation
Build a logical paragraph plan
A useful explanation often begins with a short introduction, explains the stages in order, and ends by showing how the process continues. Complete the planning grid using notes from the source. The grid has three columns: paragraph purpose, key notes to include, and a possible linking phrase.
Paragraph purpose
Key notes to include
Possible linking phrase
Introduction: name the process
Stage 1: water rises
Stage 2: clouds form
Stage 3: rain falls and water returns
- Clouds are in the sky, and rain is wet.
- Droplets collide and grow heavier; when they are too heavy to stay in the air, they fall as rain.
- Rain falls after the clouds have appeared.
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