In today’s lesson we will be looking at how to describe a process.

Have a look at the picture below. What can you see ? Discuss with your friends the different steps that you can observe

Now lets watch this video documentary about the water cycle:

After watching the video we will now use the handout provided and describe the water cycle. Remember to spend time checking what you have written.

Describing a Process – Water Cycle

Post Writing

Remember to use the following checklist to review your work

1. Do you have three paragraphs?- Introduction / Body / Conclusion
2. Have you paraphrased the question in your introduction
3. Do you mention what the diagram shows you in your introduction?
4. Do you talk about how many steps there are in your introduction?
5. Do you have a thesis statement (telling the reader what you will do) in your introduction?
6. Does your body paragraph mention all the main steps?
7. Does your body paragraph have sequence words?
8. Are you using the passive tense in your body paragraph?
9. In your conclusion do you have a concluding phrase (to sum up, to conclude)
10. End your conclusion with a sentence like this: To conclude we can see that the water cycle consists of ________ steps starting with ______________________ and ending with___________________

Independent Writing Challenge 

Using the structures you have been introduced to try and write a suitable description of the diagram shown below once you finish your writing remember to spend some time checking your writing