Explanation texts in English
Our genre in English for this past week has been explanation texts, where we are planning to write our own explanation text on how the heart works...
The writing process included looking at a range of example texts to identify how they are structured and written - subheadings, present tense, formal style, passive voice etc. - before going on to explore source materials to make notes.
Once made, these notes were then organised into similar content under subtitles before we began writing the first couple of sections on Friday.
Next week will see us finish the writing, edit and improve what we have done before finally adding a labelled diagram and some 'interesting facts'. Once completed, we will be publishing the finished piece in our writing journals.