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Grade 8 - Explanation Report
by  meghan.lyonsNo presence information  on 10/6/2016 3:39 PM
Explanatory Report Writing Project – LA 8
 
Due: Oct. 28
 
Purpose – to tell how/why something came to be or to explain how something works.
 
Statement/Definition – identifies topic with a statement, question or definition
 
Explanation or how or why: to analyze a process (movements in the earth’s crust) showing the relationship among the parts including cause and effect connections
 
Summary: can state unusual features of the phenomenon and/or reiterate the main points
 
Special features:
-           includes a title, illustrations or diagrams
-          Connecting words to signal cause-effect (if, because, then) and /or sequence (next, then, when)
-          Present tense with some passive verbs (are folding/faulting)
-          Technical, subject=specific vocabulary
 
* some parts of this assignment may have to be completed at home if not finished in class.
 

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