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Explainer Sections

Students take apart a short explainer, such as how a vaccine trial works, to see what each section does for the reader, then build their own by choosing an organizing pattern and writing headings and transitions that fit it.

Play style

Builder

Module

Structure in Informative Writing: How sections build an informational text; write explanations with a clear structure

Grade

Grades 6-8 · English Language Arts

Standards

W.6.2 RI.6.5 RI.7.5 W.7.2 W.8.2