Explanatory Writing - The Sun (W8, T2)

Explanatory Writing

 is a style of writing which asks you to explain 

WHAT & HOW…

• What something is

• What something does

• How something works

• How something happened

• How to do something

It is not about your opinion, or trying to persuade someone. 

It is about the FACTS and INFORMATION

In this case we are looking at THE SUN, and how it affects us here on Earth.

You will be writing 3 PEEL paragraphs, each with its own topic.

BEGIN YOUR WRITING IN THE TEMPLATE ON THE NEXT PAGE

What is the sun?

The sun is a big star which is located at the center of our solar system. It is a yellow dwarf star that gives different types of energy such as infra-red energy such as heat, ultraviolet light, radio waves and light . The Sun  is about  a hundred times as wide as the Earth.

How does the Sun’s energy affect life on Earth?

The Sun warms our sea, stir’s our atmosphere, generates our weather patterns, and gives energy  to growing green plants that provide the food and oxygen for life on Earth. We know the Sun through its heat and light, but other, less obvious aspects of the Sun affect Earth and society. What is the sun? The sun is a big star which is located at the center of our solar system. It is a yellow dwarf star that gives different types of energy such as infra-red energy such as heat, ultraviolet light, radio waves and light . The Sun  is about  a hundred times as wide as the Earth. How does the Sun’s energy affect life on Earth? The Sun warms our sea, stir’s our atmosphere, generates our weather patterns, and gives energy  to growing green plants that provide the food and oxygen for life on Earth. We know the Sun through its heat and light, but other, less obvious aspects of the Sun affect Earth and society. How does the orbit of the sun create night and day? The Earth is one of several planets that orbit the sun, and the moon orbits the Earth. The Earth orbits the sun once every 365 days and rotates about its axis once every 24 hours. Day and night are due to the Earth rotating on its axis, not its orbiting around the sun