LI:To identify and discuss more features of explanation texts
Steps to Success…
Be able to pick out important words about a subject
Be able to search for features to add to our checklist
Look at the different types of connectives
Read the leaflet together….
• What do you notice about how it is organised?
• What person is it written in – 1st, 2nd or 3rd?
What clues are there to help you?
• What tense is it written in - past, present or future?
What clues are there to help you?
In pairs, can you find and label;
• Introductory paragraph
• Title – what do you notice about it?
• Conclusion
Now, can you circle any subject specific words (technical words)
LI: To use diagrams to make an explanation clearer
Steps to Success…
Be able to give examples of some of the features we have
talked about
Use pictures as a prompt to think about what happens to
a jam jar
Use pictures and technical words to write sentences to
explain what happens to a jam jar
LI: To show my understanding of the
organisation of explanation texts. Steps to Success…
To discuss how explanation texts are organised…giving an
example
To plan how to organise your ideas…thinking ahead to what you might write and
where
To add colour and detail to your layout sheet…thinking
about IMPACT
LI:To write an INTRODUCTION, TITLE
and CONCLUSION for my leaflet Steps to Success…
Write a questioning title to show what the leaflet is about
Write an introduction that contains facts and shows
why the leaflet is needed
Write a conclusion that reminds the reader what they
must do next
LI: To write an explanation leaflet about recycling glass
Steps to Success…
- Write in sentences using Capital Letters and full stops.- Use connectives, such as;
and, because- Include a questioning title
about ‘Recycling’
- Write in a chronological sequence (order of events)- Use connectives, such as;
and, but, then, so - to indicate order
- Use pronouns – they, it, those
- Write in the present tense (it is happening now)
- Include an introduction and concluding sentence- Write your ideas in
paragraphs- Use 3rd person
- Include commas for lists and clauses
-Use technical vocabulary