1. When do I use it? To tell or explain how things work or how they came to be.

2. What features might I find inside?

3. WILF: Know where to find information Understand features of explanation texts Contents page Index Glossary Contents, Index, Glossary Subheadings, diagrams, flowcharts, photo’s Present tense, technical vocabulary, time words, connectives WALT: Understand the books we read and use them to find information.

4. 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

5. When do I use it? Introduction Write what is going to be explained.

6. 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.

7. When do I use it? Concluding Statement You may want to include interesting comments about what you have explained.

8. 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. Introduction Write what is going to be explained.

9. WILF: Time Order Words Connectives Simple Present Tense Technical Language Next Then When because if as You move it by pulling on the strings. The marionette puppet WALT: Write an explanation text.

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