Writing an explanation
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The document provides guidance on how to write excellent explanations. It recommends writing in the third person and present tense. The explanation should include an introduction with a question or brief description, describe how and why something starts, what happens next and after, and conclude with a summary of the key events. Technical and descriptive language should be used throughout.
Writing an explanation
- 1. How to writeexcellentExplanationsThe Purpose isto explain howsomethingworks or whysomethinghappens
- 2. Write in third person Write in second person SheHerHisHeThemTheirThemTheyItYou
- 3. Write in present tenseWe ate pavlova at the birthday party last week.She is going to eat her lunch now.He was in the classroom yesterday.He is going to school today.Ate- pastEat- presentWas- pastIs- present
- 4. Write a title •Write an introduction –Write a question or a brief description–Use second or third person –Use present tense –Use technical language How does rain fall •How does rain fall from the sky? Rain falls from clouds that are made of tiny droplets of water.
- 5. Whathappensin theend?Whathappensafter?Whathappensnext?Howand whyit starts?When the clouds get heavy thedroplets areforcedtogether andthey getbigger andheavier andfall to theground.The cool waterdropletsgathertogether andform clouds.Water droplets areformed whenmoistureevaporatesfrom the earthWater comesfrom warm airthat rises fromthe ground.
- 6. WORDS TO INCLUDE…Conjunctions (words to join ideas)After, although, as, before, then, next, even if, now that, since, though, whether, whenever, because, however, as a result, therefore.Technical and descriptive wordsProcess specific words. Eg. Evaporation – instead of “sucks up” (in the case of rainfall)Ignite – instead of “the fire lights”
- 8. A comment about its use
- 10. “So rain falls from the sky when the tiny droplets have become too heavy to stay as a cloud.”TITLEINTRODUCTION:IMPORTANT POINTS IN ORDERHow and why it starts?What happens next?What happens after?What happens in the end?CONCLUSION
- 11. HAVE I………Written in the present tense?Written in second and third person?Written an introduction that asks a question or gives a brief description?Said ‘How or why it starts’?Said ‘what happens next and after’? Said what happens in the end? Written a conclusion with a summary, or a comment?Have I used other words for ‘and’?Have I used technical or scientific words?