teaching resource

Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint

  • Updated

    Updated:  08 Jun 2021

A 33-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about explanation writing.

  • Editable

    Editable:  PowerPoint

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

Curriculum

  • VC2E5LA03

    Describe how different types of texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes <ul> <li>becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of types of texts such as narrative, procedure, argument, explanation, discussion and informative texts, and how they can be composed in written, digital and multimedia forms to achieve their purpose</li> <li>recognising that paragraphs vary in their function and how they are organised in a text and between different types of texts, for example the differences between paragraphs in a narrative, an argument and a procedure</li> <li>describing the stages and phases, and purposes, of narratives, historical recounts, procedural recounts, causal explanations, discussions of alternative positions on an issue, information reports, reviews and types of poems</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LA08

    Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms <ul> <li>using precise words for naming; for example, instead of ‘mammal’ or ‘whale’, using ‘humpback whale’</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LY08

    Explain characteristic features used to meet the purpose and audience in different types of texts <ul> <li>explaining how the features of a text advocating community action (for example, action on a local area preservation issue) are used to meet the purpose of the text</li> <li>explaining how characters are used to deliver the message in persuasive texts; for example, explaining how characters are used to present persuasive messages about health issues in advertising, and considering why characters have been used instead of real people</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LY07

    Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text and engage and influence audiences <ul> <li>comparing the structure and language features of different texts, including print and digital sources on similar topics, and evaluating which features best aid navigation and clear communication about the topic</li> </ul>

  • Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint teaching resource
  • Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint teaching resource
  • Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint teaching resource
  • Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint teaching resource
teaching resource

Writing Explanation Texts PowerPoint

  • Updated

    Updated:  08 Jun 2021

A 33-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about explanation writing.

  • Editable

    Editable:  PowerPoint

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  5 - 6

A 33-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about explanation writing.

What are explanation texts?

The purpose of an explanation text is to describe how and why a particular thing works, or how and why a particular event occurs. Explanation texts can be written about a wide range of topics. Some examples include common objects, complex machinery, historical events and natural phenomena.

Teaching your students how to write an explanation text has never been so easy!

This PowerPoint presentation provides the complete guide to writing an effective explanation text. It has been designed to teach your students about the text structure and language features of explanation texts in a clear and logical sequence. The presentation includes:

  • a tuning in activity designed to stimulate interest and activate prior knowledge
  • an overview of the purpose of explanation texts
  • an overview of the structure of explanation texts
  • an overview of the language features of explanation texts
  • three examples of explanation texts for students to read and analyse.

Work through the PowerPoint over a number of lessons. Class, group and individual activities to reinforce the structure and language features of explanation writing are also included in the teaching presentation.

Curriculum

  • VC2E5LA03

    Describe how different types of texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes <ul> <li>becoming familiar with the typical stages and language features of types of texts such as narrative, procedure, argument, explanation, discussion and informative texts, and how they can be composed in written, digital and multimedia forms to achieve their purpose</li> <li>recognising that paragraphs vary in their function and how they are organised in a text and between different types of texts, for example the differences between paragraphs in a narrative, an argument and a procedure</li> <li>describing the stages and phases, and purposes, of narratives, historical recounts, procedural recounts, causal explanations, discussions of alternative positions on an issue, information reports, reviews and types of poems</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LA08

    Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms <ul> <li>using precise words for naming; for example, instead of ‘mammal’ or ‘whale’, using ‘humpback whale’</li> </ul>

  • VC2E5LY08

    Explain characteristic features used to meet the purpose and audience in different types of texts <ul> <li>explaining how the features of a text advocating community action (for example, action on a local area preservation issue) are used to meet the purpose of the text</li> <li>explaining how characters are used to deliver the message in persuasive texts; for example, explaining how characters are used to present persuasive messages about health issues in advertising, and considering why characters have been used instead of real people</li> </ul>

  • VC2E6LY07

    Analyse how text structures and language features work together to meet the purpose of a text and engage and influence audiences <ul> <li>comparing the structure and language features of different texts, including print and digital sources on similar topics, and evaluating which features best aid navigation and clear communication about the topic</li> </ul>

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