WHY DOES THE MOON LOOK DIFFERENT EVERY NIGHT?

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 oflearning about Planet Earth and Beyond. Learning how to write a greatexplanation 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.

Can you believe that the Moon changes shape every night? This happens because the Moon orbits the Earth on a tilt while the Earth is orbiting the Sun. I will be talking about the phases of the Moon.

Paragraph 1

When the Moon orbit the Earth, the Moon shows the same side to us. The sun's light shine to the Moon and this makes a shape. Some people think that the Earth’s shadow is covering the Moon, but this is not true. It is about the amount of the bright side we can see as the Moon moves through its orbit.

Paragraph 2

The phases of the moon is when the Moon orbits the Earth. The first phase is the new moon and it is when the Moon is all black. The next Moon is called waxing crescent and it looks like a banana on the right. After the banana moon, you have the first quarter and it looks like half of the circle. Waxing gibbous is the fourth shape and then you have the full moon. The full moon looks like a volley ball and it is all bright. After the full moon, the moons before are the same but on the opposite side.

Conclusion.  

Now you know more about the Moon, if you want to know more about this you can go on this link. thank you for reading my work.

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