Build a script about thunderstorms for a television show. Help a researcher to sort facts and pictures. Use a model structure, sample text and images to build an explanation. Include sections on causes, processes and effects. Make ideas in the script clearer and more interesting by choosing adjectives to make noun groups such as 'dazzling flash' and 'loud booming noise'. This learning object is one in a series of four objects.
Objective
1. Students identify the purpose, audience and context for an explanation text.
2. Students use a template text structure to construct an explanation text.
3. Students apply verbal grammar including noun groups containing adjectives to elaborate subjects in an explanation text.
