The Shining Light of Moon!!!

In Week 6 of Term 2 our class focussed on how to write great explanations. We wrote about the Moon’s different phases as we are in the middle of learning about Planet Earth and Beyond. Learning how to write a great explanation will help us with our self-guided topics in a few weeks time. Here is my writing, after I have self-assessed and peer-assessed my work.

WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?

Have you ever wondered about the Moon and why it changes shape every night? Anyhow, the moon has phases that changes its appearance. Nevertheless, I am going to clarify why does the moon look different every night.

1st paragraph

While the moon orbits the earth we see less of it’s lit up side of us. This means that the moon has been tilted from our orbit around the hot sun. However, Some random people think that the shadows of the earth is causing the phases to move but they are not, it is actually caused by the reflection of the sun. Meanwhile, It’s also about the amount of that bright side we can see as the Moon moves through its orbit.  

2nd paragraph

For a fact, there is also lots of Phases of the moon. Another thing is that There is eight Phases and they are called new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent and finally back to new moon. These phases can also help you with all the phases you need.

3rd paragraph

Every month, there is a lunar month it goes on every month, Why is there a lunar month? Because the phases happens every day. Any ways, it takes two days for the Moon to catch up to the Earth's orbits. The lunar month also is a month where it is measured between two Moons.

Conclusion

Overall, I hope this explanation has helped you and told you a lot of facts about why does the Moon change every kind of phases.  Seeing and reading all of this work if you want some amazing facts about the moon go to this website (http://www.planetsforkids.org/moon-moon.html) Hope you have learnt something new and share it to a friend.

My Explanation Success Criteria:	Self	Peer
My heading:
is the question WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?	yes	yes
My opening paragraph/introduction:
introduce what my writing is about in a clear way	yes	yes
hooks the reader	yes	yes
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	yes	yes
2-3 sentences maximum	yes	yes
My main paragraphs/body paragraphs:
clear topic sentence and supporting sentences	yes	yes
are organised so that each paragraph is about a different aspect of the subject	yes	yes
give detailed information (factual descriptions)	yes	yes
include specific, technical vocabulary	yes	yes
are generally balanced (have a similar amount of detail about the different aspects I write about) done	yes	yes
connectives and time connectives	yes	yes
descriptive language	yes	yes
formal language	yes	yes
My end paragraph/conclusion:
draws the report together/sums up my main points	yes	yes
may give a personal opinion; ask the reader a question and/or tell the reader where further information may be found	yes	yes
write an interesting fact	yes	yes