This week, students will be writing an explanation text about an energy source of their own choosing. This represents a culminating assignment that builds upon other activities from this unit including: working with a partner to research and present information about various energy sources, doing experiments in groups and as a class to inquire into various energy sources, identifying features of information texts, and learning about the explanation genre of writing.
To help students move towards independently writing an explanation text, as a class using Google Docs we collaborated to create an explanation text on kinetic and potential energy. Each group took responsibility for simultaneously planning, drafting, and revising one section of this text. Groups then peer edited each other's work on the document. Teachers, meanwhile, commented on various paragraphs alongside what the student groups were drafting, revising, and editing.
Below you will find this document. Keep checking it, as in the next day or two, you may see important features of information texts, such as a glossary, bibliography, or diagram added.
Also, please leave comments!
What would you like to know about how students created this document? What would you like to know about the explanation genre?
Questions will be answered by student bloggers!
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