Explanation



Write instructions, explanations, and factual accounts, and express and explain a point of view, in a range of authentic contexts. || Write an explanation based on the information from investigations. Organise and link ideas logically and make language choices appropriate to the audience. ||
 * ~ Achievement Objectives ||~ Learning Outcomes ||
 * **Transactional Writing **
 * ~ Processes ||
 * **Exploring Language ** || Identify, discuss and use the conventions, structures, and language features of different texts, and discuss how they relate to the topic. ||
 * **Processing Information ** || Gather, select, record, interpret, and present coherent, structured information from a variety of sources, using different technologies and explaining the processes used ||
 * ~ Supporting Achievement Objectives ||~ Learning Outcomes ||
 * **Close Reading ** || Discuss language, meanings, and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding to experiences, purposes, audience, and other texts. ||
 * **Science ** ||
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Investigate and offer explanations for investigation. || <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students demonstrate their understanding of their investigation, observing and explaining. ||

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">The writer's purpose is to explain how something works or state reasons for some phenomenon. Explanations answer the questions "how" or "why". <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">**Types of Explanation** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">There are two basic types of explanation which focus on: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">**Features**
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">Purpose **
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">"How" (How does a pump work? How does a computer work? How are mountains formed? How does a spider spin a web?)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">"Why" (Why do some things float or sink? Why is the ozone layer getting thinner? Why does iron go rusty? Why do living things need food?)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">often have a logical sequence
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">use cause/effect relationships (then, as a consequence, so, if)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">use time relationships (first, then, following, finally)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">written in the 'timeless' present tense (are, turns, happens)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">use of action verbs (falls, rises, changes)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">use of non-human participants (the sea, the mountains, the computers, the engine)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">conjunctions (when, then, first, after this so)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">some passives (is saturated, are changed)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">use of nouns tends to be general rather than specific (cars, boats, spiders, schools)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 17.6px;">use of pronouns (their, they, them)


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 * Rm 43 Class Explanation: School Uniform **

A school uniform is a specific set of clothing for children belonging to a certain school. A school uniform is worn by the students at Pukekohe Intermediate School.

Boys’ Uniform The boys’ uniform consists of a navy blue polyester cotton polo shirt with a white Pukekohe Intermediate logo and red and white trim on the collar and sleeves; navy blue shorts; a pair of woollen navy socks and black shoes. Girls’ Uniform The girls’ uniform consists of a navy blue or white polyester cotton polo shirt with a white or navy blue logo and red and white trim on the collar and sleeves; a navy blue polyester skirt with a pleat in the front and a red logo; white knee-high or ankle socks with black shoes. Seasonal Wear In winter, students wear a unisex navy blue polo fleece with a red logo and red collar; navy blue track-pants and beanies, gloves or scarves in the school colours. Girls may wear black tights. In summer, students wear either navy blue polyester and cotton bucket hats or cotton caps. All students may wear black sandals. P.E. Uniform All students wear a navy blue shirt with a red logo and red collar and a red pair of shorts. The Logo The logo is in the shape of a hill-Pukekohe Hill. The hill shape is divided into squares which represent the farmland around Pukekohe.

School Uniform is compulsory at Pukekohe Intermediate. Students wear the uniform each day in class. As well, they wear it when they represent the school in competitions, sports, athletics, activities, science fairs and school trips.