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 beexplained.

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 beexplained.

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.

10. http://www.ehow.com/video_2389619_use-mastering-art-puppet-theater.html
How to Use a Moving
Mouth Puppet