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Exploring explanations - Coggle Diagram
Exploring explanations
📌 Purpose of Explanation Texts
To explain how or why something happens.
Focus is on processes
🧩 Structure of Explanation Texts
Title: introduces the topic.
General statement: what is being explained.
Series of steps or events in logical order.
Conclusion (optional): sometimes used to summarise.
🧰 Language Features
Technical vocabulary
Present tense
Passive voice
Cause and effect relationships
Sequencing words
🎯 Teaching Tips
Start with a shared experience
Use diagrams and flowcharts to support learning.
Model explanation writing with the class.
Encourage use of sentence starters
📘 Classroom Activities
Jointly construct an explanation as a class.
Sequence pictures or events before writing.
Students create their own explanations