Genre based approachHathaipat Kaewmookda

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Motivation

Clip video

Reading Relay

Direction

Match the words with the picture correctly

Throat

Tongue

Stomach

Digest

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Vocabulary building

• Break down to smash, spilt, or divide into parts violently

• Digestion the process in the alimentary canal by which food is broken up

physically

• Stomachthe organ that digest the food

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• Gurgling to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current

• Intestine the organ that include duodenum, jejunum, ileum, that serves to

digest and absorb nutrients

• Trap doorthe opening that it covers

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Explanation paragraph

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Explanation paragraph Explanation paragraph is a paragraph to explain how a thing happens or why the thing is made. Explanation paragraph actually is similar to procedure paragraph, however, explanation paragraph tends to explain. While the procedure paragraph  is intended to instruct how to form or make something.

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StructureAn explanation text usually starts with a statement that introduces

the subject or topic to the reader, such as; Lots of animals like hedgehogs, badgers and mice hibernate during winter.‘ Next there comes a series of steps that explain how things happen or the reasons why, such as; This is because it gets much colder and darker during the winter months.'When it gets colder, food like berries and insects become harder to find. Therefore, some animals find a safe place to sleep and store energy until the plants start to grow again and food is more plentiful. 'These steps continue until the question has been answered or the explanation is complete.

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Purpose of explanation textPurpose An explanation is used to tell how or why something happens.

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These are the structure of explanation text:• A general statement which describes or identifies the

phenomenon

• A series of statements that tell how or why the feature or process changes. Words should show cause and effect.

• A conclusion/application sums up the explanation and talks about its applications; may also give examples

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Present TenseExplanation texts are usually written in the

present tense because they are explaining how or why something happens. To do this they explain it as if it is happening now.

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ConnectivesExplanation texts usually use words called connectives that explain things in order, one after another.Some of the connectives you might find are:

• Firstly Next• Then After that• Meanwhile Eventually• Late Finally

Other connectives explain how things work or why things happen, such as:• Because• So• This means

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Writing an Explanation Text• Title

Titles that use words like 'how' or 'why', will help readers to understand what the text is about and make them want to find out more. For example: 'Why' do animals sleep through the winter?‘

• ParagraphsYou need to write in paragraphs to break up your text and make sure it follows a sequence. Use connectives like 'Firstly' and 'So' to put it in the right order.

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Writing an Explanation Text• Style

Use a question or a statement as your title. Keep this in mind so you stick to the point. Use the rest of your writing to make points that help to answer your question or support your statement.

• Interesting factsThrow in a few interesting facts to make your writing come alive and keep your reader interested.

• Re-readRe-read your explanation text when you have finished. Make sure you've answered your question or supported your statement.

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Why do we wear seatbelts?Why do we wear our seatbelt in the car? We wear our seatbelt because we will break the law. If we don’t wear our seatbelt. We will get pilled over by policeman. He will tell you to give some money. Your seatbelt pulls you back when you have a car clash.

The topicWhat is your text

about?

IntroductionI want to explain

why….The first reasonAnswer why….

The second reasonAnswer why….

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The best nestA nest is a bird house which bird live in. They have to make it nice and cosy for the soon coming egg.The contents of the nest include straw, Hay, wheat, Hair, Stuffing, wool and drinking straw.The nest is warm therefore the egg is happy. The nest is in the high place so the predators can’t get it.It’s work by acting like a heater to warm the egg to make it faster to hatch.The nest is a unique thing it is essential for birds

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What makes talk?Talk is when we have a thought that we put it in to sound. When we talk we use the words to communicate. As humans, to be able to talk we need a voice box, lung, tongue, lips and teeth. If you put your two fingers under your chin and talk you can feel a vibration. That is because there is air floating pass making vibrations. There are two stretchy flaps of skin called vocal cords. When the vocal cords are tight you make a high sound. When the vocal cords are loose you make a low sound. If we didn’t have tongue we wouldn’t able to talk

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How is food digested?The food we eat is broken down and use by our bodies. This breaking down of food is called digestion.You may have heard your stomach gurgling after you have eaten. The stomach, teeth, tongue and intestines all help to digest food.When you chew your food, digest begins. The food is push by the tongue to the trapdoor at the back of the throat called the esophagus. It then move to the stomach when digestive juice make it smaller. In the small intestine, the goodness is soaked up. Finally the water is taken out in the large intestines.The goodness that is left can now be carried around the body by the blood to be used for energy, repair and growth

Joint construction

Independent construction

Direction: Students have to produce your own work by choosing your own topic by focusing on explanation paragraphAfter you finish writing to have to exchange your work with your friend to him edit your work