The document provides a template and guidelines for writing an explanation report. It outlines the key components including a title, definition, description of parts, explanation of how it works, and optional comments. As an example, it then provides a sample explanation report on how a windmill works, following the template structure of title, definition, description of parts, operations, and applications. It concludes by asking students to write their own explanation report on dinosaurs using the facts sheet and template provided.

1. Reports Explanations

4. Explanatory Sketch Board Frame Water Cycle Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Water Flow

6. How a Windmill Works A windmill is a device for harnessing the power of the wind. A windmill has a large rotational disc fixed to an axle. The disc has angled sections called vanes. The axle is geared to a shaft, which turns with the axle. The shaft is connected to a device such as a pump, generator, or belt drive wheel. When the wind blows the force of the wind is deflected by the angled vanes and thus pushes them in one direction. The rotation of the disk is transferred through the turning shafts to the machines to which it is connected. A well-designed windmill can produce a great amount of cheap non-polluting energy. The energy can perform many tasks depending on the appliance to which it is connected. Title Definition Description of components or parts Operations Applications Third person Present tense Vocabulary associated with time Factual and precise descriptive language Language linking cause and effect

9. Group Response to Text Student A Student B Student C Student D Common Understandings Text / article / web site: ____________________

10. Self-Assessment Explanation Report