Keep an explanatory tone

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

Explanatory writing can describe a process without praising or mocking it. A neutral reporting word such as measured states an action, while evaluative adjectives add a judgment.

Distinguish the supplied factual reporting word from value judgments. Write an explanation that reports what was done.

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 measured the wheel. Measured reports an action. The other choices add evaluations that the record has not established.

1. 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.
2. Distinguish the supplied factual reporting word from value judgments. Write an explanation that reports what was done.
3. Check the worked solution: measured the wheel. Measured reports an action. The other choices add evaluations that the record has not established.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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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: Explanatory writing can describe a process without praising or mocking it. A neutral reporting word such as measured states an action, while evaluative adjectives add a judgment.

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