Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Activities for Year 2-3 (Phase 1)
NZ$7.50
Description
Elevate your Phase 1 (Year 2-3) Writing to Inform: Explanation writing instruction with our comprehensive Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Activities. This all-inclusive resource pack equips educators with the essential tools for teaching explanation writing.
This writing resource is designed to support teachers in teaching Writing to Inform: Explanations from Phase 1 (during the second year, during the third year) of Te Mātaiaho: English in the New Zealand curriculum.
This Writing to Inform: Explanation Writing Activities (Phase 1) includes:
- Teaching slides introducing:
- The purpose and audience of an explanation.
- The structure of an explanation.
- The features of an explanation
- Linking words
- Vocabulary
- Detailed information about the structure of the explanation including example sentences and paragraphs.
- A detailed exemplar, which is unpacked and annotated for structure, content and vocabulary.
- Four scaffolded graphic organisers for any Phase 1 explanation.
- 8 additional creative and engaging writing experiences and prompts for teaching explanation writing.



















