This week the yr 7 students in Rm 10 have been learning about how to write an explanation. Here is the example.
Explanation
Structure. | Example | Grammar |
General Statement to identify the topic - you can include a how or why question. Series of events. In time order, according to cause, or both. Conclusion Optional. | Dear Salima, The Moon is a big ball of rock. So it doesn't really change shape at all it just looks like it does.The changing shapes we see are called the phases of the Moon. The Moon orbits travel around the Earth roughly once a month. As it orbits, the amount of the Moon that we see lit up changes. This makes the changing shapes or phases we see. When the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun, all the sunlight falls on the far side of the Moon that we cant see. This means we don't see any Moon at all. This is called a new Moon. As the Moon moves on, a little sunlight creeps around the edge, we can see half the face of the Moon lit up. This is called the first quarter. As the Moon moves on, each night we can see more and more of it lit up. When it is halfway around its orbit, it is one the other side of the Earth of the Sun. All the sunlight falls on the side facing Earth, so we see a full Moon. After this, the phases go in reverse and each night we see less and less of the Moon lit up. Finally the Moon is back between the sun and Earth and we have a new Moon again. Then the whole orbit starts again. In ancient times, people told stories or legends to explain the phases of the Moon. some told of monsters or giant birds taking bits out of the Moon. Others told of the Moon getting thinner and thinner when the moon god forgot to eat. Today we have science to explain what really happens | Proper noun Technical or topic words Action verb Words to show time sequence. |
