If you’re looking for explanation text examples to show to your KS2 class, we have just the thing for you.
An explanation text is a piece of writing whose general purpose is to inform its reader of how something works. It might also explain how the reader might carry out a process.
Whereas a simple information text might tell the reader about the existence of something, an explanation text explains how or why that thing came to be in existence. These are sometimes known as explanatory texts.
Explanation text examples
Use this explanation text example from education consultant Aidan Severs to help teach your class the features of an explanation text. Then task pupils with writing one of their own.
Aidan Severs is an education consultant with over 15 years of teaching experience. Follow him on X at @AidanSevers and see more of his work at aidansevers.com
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