In Week 6 of Term 1 our class focussed on how to write great explanations. We wrote about how to survive your first night in Mine craft (the game a lot of us are obsessed with!).
Here is my writing, after I have self-assessed and peer-assessed my work.https://docs.google.com/a/haypark.school.nz/document/d/11rsSIPtGUXR27M8HrlaU2FblGjpaLYicFS7uoQIk5WY/edit
here is my steps to surviving your first night in mine craft.
Signs of Success!
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Self
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Peer
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Introduction - briefly tells the reader what the explanation is about
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yes
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Yes
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Present tense
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yes
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Yes
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Formal Language; Technical Language
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yes
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Yes
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Time connectives
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yes
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Yes
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Sequenced and paragraphed (paragraphs have 1 main idea!)
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yes
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Yes
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Ambitious vocabulary (adjectives; verbs)
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yes
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Yes
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Summary - may have an interesting fact or comment about playing the game
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yes
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Yes
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