Unit 3

Survivors!

Assignment

Practice Exercise

Ideas and Details In Writing


Practice developing the "Ideas and Details" part of a planning chart so that you understand how to add evidence to make your explanation convincing.

The following list has three main ideas for different explanations.

  1. Fun in the Summer
  2. My Favourite Meal
  3. My Dog’s Habitat

Planning An Explanation


Add three or four supporting details that would make each main idea in the chart interesting.




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  1. Have the file open and select Save As from the File menu.
  2. Name your Planning an Explanation file in this format: jsmith_planninganexplanation and save the file to your Documents folder.
  1. This worksheet is similar to homework, which is an opportunity to practise important concepts in the lesson. The worksheet is NOT for marks.
  2. However, your teacher may ask you to submit this worksheet to check on your progress so be sure to save it in your Documents folder.