When do I use it?

To tell or explain how things work or how they came to be.

What features might I find inside?

WILF:

Know where to find information

Understand features of explanation texts

•Contents page

•Index

•Glossary

• Contents, Index, Glossary

•Subheadings, diagrams, flowcharts, photo’s

•Present tense, technical vocabulary, time words, connectives

WALT: Understand the books we read and use them to find information.

Assessment Focuses

AF1Use a range of strategies, including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning

AF2Understand, describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts and use quotation and reference to text

AF4Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level

When do I use it?

IntroductionWrite what is going to be explained.

When do I use it?

Explanation Sequence

Use time words and

connectives to describe or

explain a process. You can

include diagrams or

flowcharts, which you will

need to comment on.

When do I use it?

Concluding

Statement

You may want to

include interesting

comments about

what you have

explained.

Concluding

Statement

You may want

to include

interesting

comments

about what you

have explained.

Explanation Sequence

Use time words and connectives

to describe or explain a process.

You can include diagrams or

flowcharts, which you will need

to comment on.

IntroductionWrite what is going to be explained.

WILF:

Time Order Words

Connectives

Simple Present Tense

Technical Language

•Next

•Then

•When

• because

• if

• as

• You move it by pulling on the strings.

• The marionette puppet

WALT: Write an explanation text.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2389619_use-mastering-art-puppet-theater.html

How to Use a Moving Mouth Puppet