Explanation

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Explanation
When do I use it?
To tell or explain how things work or how they
came to be.
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Explanation
What features might I find inside?
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WILF
Know where to find information
WALT Understand the books we read and use them
to find information.

• Contents page
• Index
• Glossary

Understand features of explanation texts

• Contents, Index, Glossary
• Subheadings, diagrams, flowcharts, photos
• Present tense, technical vocabulary, time words,
  connectives

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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

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Explanation
When do I use it?
Introduction Write what is going to be explained.
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Explanation
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.
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Explanation
When do I use it?
Concluding Statement You may want to include
interesting comments about what you have
explained.
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Introduction Write what is going to be 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.
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WILF
Time Order Words

• Next
• Then
• When

WALT Write an explanation text.
Connectives

• because
• if
• as

Simple Present Tense

• You move it by pulling on the strings.

Technical Language

• The marionette puppet

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Explanation
http//www.ehow.com/video_2389619_use-mastering-ar
t-puppet-theater.html
How to Use a Moving Mouth Puppet