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Everyday Explanation Writing

Read each question carefully. For the writing activities, choose a familiar everyday process and explain how or why it happens.

Understanding explanations

1.What is the main job of an explanation text?

To entertain readers with an invented adventure
To show how or why something happens
To convince readers to agree with an opinion
To describe a person or place using sensory details

2.Select all the words or phrases that can help readers follow the order of stages in a process explanation.

To begin
On the other hand
After that
As a result
Finally

3.Put these stages in the process of making a toasted sandwich into a sensible order. Write 1–4 beside each stage.

Place the filled sandwich in the sandwich press.
Gather bread, cheese and any other fillings.
Wait until the bread is golden and the cheese has melted.
Arrange the fillings between two slices of bread.

_____
_____
_____
_____

4.Which feature would make an explanation of a process easiest for a reader to follow?

Stages presented in a random order
A clear sequence with useful details
Several unrelated opinions
Long words in every sentence

Plan and build your explanation

5.Choose a familiar everyday process you could explain. Write its topic as a heading that tells what happens, such as “How a toasted sandwich becomes golden and crisp.”

6.Plan four main stages in your chosen process. Write one stage in each space and keep them in the order they happen.

7.Write an opening sentence that names your process and tells the reader what your explanation will show.

Write and revise

8.Write a short paragraph explaining the first stage in your chosen process. Use a sequencing phrase and include a detail that helps explain what happens.

9.Complete the sequence using a suitable linking phrase: “First, measure the ingredients. , mix them together in a bowl.”

10.Explain why a writer should present the stages of a process in a logical order. Give one example of what could be confusing if the order is muddled.