Writing Genre Exploring and Using


WALT: Label parts of an explanation piece; rewrite an explanation, draw illustrations to help explain.


A Label the parts of the explanation below using the questions in the box.


1. What is electricity?


4. What types of electricity are there?


2. How is electricity made?


5. How does electricity get into your home?


3. Is electricity dangerous?


6. How fast does electricity travel?


Electricity is a secondary energy. This means that it is made from other energies, such as coal, water or wind.


Static electricity is electricity that does not move. Have you ever placed a balloon on your head and watched your hair rise up? This is static electricity. Current electricity is electricity that flows. This is the type of electricity that you have in your home.


Electricity travels at the speed of light, which is more than 186,000 miles per hour.


Electricity is made in a power plant. It is made when steam from boiling water makes huge wheels spin in a turbine. Generators use the energy from the spinning wheels to make electricity. The boiling water is usually fuelled by coal.


Electricity comes from the power plant through underground or overhead lines to your home. It enters your home through a service box that keeps track of how much electricity you use. When you plug an appliance into a socket in the wall, electricity flows into the appliance to make it work.


Electricity is very dangerous. Never get close to power lines or stick your fingers in an electrical socket.


B Rewrite the explanation in your copybook. Draw images to help explain each part.


C Examine the vocabulary used in this explanation. What do you notice?


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32 Strand: Writing Elements: Understanding LO 5; Exploring and Using LO 6, 7, 8


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