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
- Do you have three paragraphs?- Introduction / Body / Conclusion
- Have you paraphrased the question in your introduction
- Do you mention what the diagram shows you in your introduction?
- Do you talk about how many steps there are in your introduction?
- Do you have a thesis statement (telling the reader what you will do) in your introduction?
- Does your body paragraph mention all the main steps?
- Does your body paragraph have sequence words?
- Are you using the passive tense in your body paragraph?
- In your conclusion do you have a concluding phrase (to sum up, to conclude)
- 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