The document provides guidance on how to write excellent explanations. It recommends writing in the third person and present tense. The explanation should include an introduction with a question or brief description, describe how and why something starts, what happens next and after, and conclude with a summary of the key events. Technical and descriptive language should be used throughout.

1. How to writeexcellentExplanations The Purpose isto explain howsomethingworks or whysomethinghappens

2. Write in third person Write in second person She Her His He Them Their Them They It You

3. Write in present tense We ate pavlova at the birthday party last week. She is going to eat her lunch now. He was in the classroom yesterday. He is going to school today. Ate - past Eat - present Was - past Is - present

5. Whathappensin theend? What happens after? What happens next? How and why it starts? When the clouds get heavy thedroplets areforcedtogether andthey getbigger andheavier andfall to theground. The cool waterdropletsgathertogether andform clouds. Water droplets areformed whenmoistureevaporatesfrom the earth Water comes from warm air that rises from the ground.

6. WORDS TO INCLUDE… Conjunctions (words to join ideas) After, although, as, before, then, next, even if, now that, since, though, whether, whenever, because, however, as a result, therefore. Technical and descriptive words Process specific words. Eg. Evaporation – instead of “sucks up” (in the case of rainfall)Ignite – instead of “the fire lights”

8. A comment about its use

9. A recommendation

11. HAVE I……… Written in the present tense? Written in second and third person? Written an introduction that asks a question or gives a brief description? Said ‘How or why it starts’? Said ‘what happens next and after’? Said what happens in the end? Written a conclusion with a summary, or a comment? Have I used other words for ‘and’? Have I used technical or scientific words?