Thursday, July 28, 2011

Explanations

Visit the following sites and learn to write an excellent explanation.


LET'S GET STARTED


Visit this site and click 'Explanation'.  Learn to explain how something works or why something happens.



Real work by real children!  What level are you writing at and what are your next learning steps?




What makes a good explanation?  Visit this site and find out.



Hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  Customise the level to between 2 and 3 in the blue column to the right.





Visit the site and click 'Inform, explain and describe'.  Learn the subtle differences between these three concepts and learn how to use each correctly.




SENTENCE STARTERS

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.




GIVE EXAMPLES


These are both very important terms.  Do you know what they mean?  YOU SHOULD!  If you don't, you're kind of like the person on the sign... IN TROUBLE!
  1. QUANTIFY
  2. QUALIFY



FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."

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