Explanation about the Moon

Explanation writing

WALT: I am learning to write an explanation.

Success criteria	Me	LB	T
I have used an interesting title that tells the reader what my writing is about
I have used a general statement to introduce the topic
My writing explains how one thing leads to another
I have used time connectives to show the order of the process (first...next…)
I have organised my text using paragraphs
I have linked together 2 or 3 sentences to show cause and effect (so…if…this causes...this makes...because)
I have used technical vocabulary
I have used capital letters, full stops and commas

Use this chart to help you to write an explanation on the 8 phases of the Moon.

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The phases of the Moon

Have you ever wondered why the Moon can look different every night? There are eight key phases that the Moon goes through every 29.5 days, which is the same as one month.

The Moon rotate around the Earth about 29 days.Also the Moon has different phases.Did you know that there are eight phases,the phases are New Moon,waxing crescent,First Quarter,Waxing Gibbous,also Full moon,Waning Gibbous,Last Quarter,Waning crescent.

The New Moon is covered because there is no light in the Moon.Also you can not see the New Moon that well.The New Moon is dark because you can see it that well of the shape.Also the New Moon has the out line that you can see but not all of them.

100 Word Challenge

This week we tried out the 100 Word Challenge.

WALT write a descriptive story in only 100 words!

The 100 word challenge is a challenge to write a whole story in only 100 words! You can check how many words you have written by highlighting your writing and pressing Ctrl, Shift, C at the same time. Good luck!

Make sure you think about your story and read it to yourself when you have finished to check it is as good as it can be!

Your prompt this week is:

I will be successful when:	Self	LB
I have used 100 words	yes
my writing makes sense	yes
have at least 1 complex sentence	yes
have used full stops and capital letters, and one other form of punctuation (! , “ “ )	yes

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First use the complex sentence planner to start your writing.

Begin writing here:

The girl was getting some food from the trees,once when the bird came the little girl was so scared that she needs to run back home.When she run back home the bird catches her when she was running.After that the bird had to stop,because his mother said ‘’“ his mum said come here or you go and get some food for us”.When it was nearly night time the bird was gone when the girl was sleeping outside the backyard  of the house,When it was morning the girl said where is the bird, her mum said it was a dream.

Word count:105

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