Choose an explanatory structure
Read the stated plan and name how its ideas are connected. Sketch that arrangement before drafting a paragraph.
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
- Worked case: Plan: dates of an invention’s development. Graphic: labeled parts drawing. Heading job: entire report title. Test action: measured the wheel.
- Primary check: Plan: jammed wheel and a repair. Graphic: readings from Monday to Friday. Heading job: major section. Observation: model recorded on Monday.
Learn the idea
An explanatory writer can follow development over time, pair a difficulty with a response, describe component parts or arrange answers to questions. The structure should serve the topic.
Read the stated plan and name how its ideas are connected. Sketch that arrangement before drafting a paragraph.
Example to read or listen to: Plan: dates of an invention’s development. Graphic: labeled parts drawing. Heading job: entire report title. Test action: measured the wheel. The answer is chronological development. The relevant input states: Plan: dates of an invention’s development. This fits chronological development. An explanatory writer can follow development over time, pair a difficulty with a response, describe component parts or arrange answers to questions. The structure should serve the topic. A heading alone does not establish the whole structure.
- Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
- Read the stated plan and name how its ideas are connected. Sketch that arrangement before drafting a paragraph.
- Check the worked solution: chronological development. The relevant input states: Plan: dates of an invention’s development. This fits chronological development. An explanatory writer can follow development over time, pair a difficulty with a response, describe component parts or arrange answers to questions. The structure should serve the topic. A heading alone does not establish the whole structure.
- Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.
See the method in action
Plan: dates of an invention’s development. Graphic: labeled parts drawing. Heading job: entire report title. Test action: measured the wheel. Solved: chronological development. The relevant input states: Plan: dates of an invention’s development. This fits chronological development. An explanatory writer can follow development over time, pair a difficulty with a response, describe component parts or arrange answers to questions. The structure should serve the topic. A heading alone does not establish the whole structure. Read the stated plan and name how its ideas are connected. Sketch that arrangement before drafting a paragraph.
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Helpful tips
- Dates suit development over time.
- A heading alone does not establish the whole structure.
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problem and response
The relevant input states: Plan: jammed wheel and a repair. This fits problem and response. An explanatory writer can follow development over time, pair a difficulty with a response, describe component parts or arrange answers to questions. The structure should serve the topic. A heading alone does not establish the whole structure.
Take it further
Optional extra practice: Write a short explanation of a fictional paper bridge with sections Materials and Testing. Supplied record: paper, two books, three toy blocks held before bending. Add a labeled diagram and a caption. Report the observed test without calling the design perfect. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: An explanatory writer can follow development over time, pair a difficulty with a response, describe component parts or arrange answers to questions. The structure should serve the topic.
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