Give your class the chance to understand the structure, vocabulary and grammatical features of an explanation text with our Key Stage 2 Text Marking an Explanation Text resource. In this pack, we've created an explanation text based on how telescopes work, and included six levels of differentiation to support children across Key Stage 2 to recognise different elements of a text before applying them to their own writing. The level of language and features used in the texts increases in difficulty through the differentiated levels too.

You can use this with your whole class as a model text to show them how different features are used in explanation texts. With the levels of differentiation, you can offer challenge and choice within your class and allow all children to access an explanation text. This can also be used in a small group, such as an intervention too. To complete the resource, an answer page is included for you to refer to throughout the lesson and give immediate feedback, or give this to children to act as a peer or self-assessment tool; the choice is yours!

Differentiation:

Beginner Activity to identify the special words, sub-headings, diagrams and opening statement. Aimed at Year 3 Emerging.

Easy Activity to identify the special words, sub-headings, diagrams and opening statement. Text has longer sentences than Beginner. Aimed at Year 3 Developing.

Tricky Activity to identify the technical words, sub-headings, diagrams, opening statement and adverbials of time. Aimed at Year 3 Secure/Year 4 Emerging.

Expert Activity to identify the technical words, sub-headings, diagrams, opening statement and adverbials of time. Text has more formal language than Tricky. Aimed at Year 4 Secure/Year 5 Emerging.

Brainbox Activity to identify the technical words, sub-headings, introductory statement, second person, interesting facts and adverbials of time. Text has more formal and technical language than Expert. Aimed at Year 5 Developing.

Genius Activity to identify the technical words, sub-headings, introductory statement, second person, interesting facts, cause and effect conjunctions and adverbials of time. Text has more technical vocabulary than Brainbox. Aimed at Year 5 Secure/Year 6 Emerging.