1. The Purpose is to explain how something works or why something happens
How to write excellent Explanations
The Purpose is to explain how something works or why something happens
Mr. Jeffery Boggan

2. You Write in third person using words like using words like She Her He
Write in second person
Write in third person
using words like
using words like
She
Her He
His
Their
Him
Them
They It
You

3. Games Write in the present
ate
Past
eat
Present
They ate crayfish last week at the birthday party.
She is going to eat her lunch now.
Was
Past is
Present
Games
He was in the classroom yesterday.
He is not here now.

4. Introduction Write a title Write an introduction How does rain fall
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. Important Points in order What happens in the end? What happens after?
How and why it starts?
What happens next?
What happens after?
What happens in the end?
Important
Points in order
When the clouds get heavy the droplets are forced together and they get bigger and heavier and fall to the ground.
The cool water droplets gather together and form clouds.
Water droplets are formed when moisture evaporates from the earth.
Water comes from warm air that rises from the ground.

6. So rain falls from the sky when the tiny droplets have become too heavy to stay as a cloud.
Conclusion
Could include…
A summary
A comment about its use
A recommendation

7. Conjunctions join sentences
Other words for ‘and’
Either
Before
After
When
While
Until
Although
But Or So As
As if
As long as
Neither
Since
Even if
Because
Not only
Nor
But also
once
Games

8. Game Jumped Ran Talked Listened thought Learned Seeing Hopped Showed
Action Verbs are time telling words they tell you when things are going to happen
Learned
Seeing
Hopped
Showed
Replied
raced
Jumped
Ran
Talked
Listened
thought
Game

10. Explanation rubric 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 action verbs?
Have I used technical or scientific words?

11. Publishing
Examples

12. Use Word, add a frame, WordArt heading and a graphic