Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

My name is Miss Voyle, and I am back to teach the final lesson on the "Explanation Text About the Digestive System," and I am really pleased you have joined me.

For this lesson, you need to be listening and looking carefully, there will be tasks where you need somebody to talk to, and you will need a pencil or pen and piece of paper for your wonderful writing.

I hope you are feeling excited and ready to begin.

Your learning outcome for today's lesson is, I can write the conclusion of an explanation text on how the digestive system works.

Let's take a look at the key words, and practise saying them.

My turn, your turn.

Conclusion, summarise, compound sentence, complex sentence.

Well done.

You did a great job at saying those words.

Let's take a look at their definitions.

A conclusion is the closing paragraph of a non-fiction text, which means it comes right at the end.

To summarise is to sum up or conclude the main body of the text.

A compound sentence is a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word.

And a complex sentence is a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause.

There are two parts to today's lesson.

First, we will be preparing to write to our conclusion, and in the second part, you will be writing your own conclusion.

So let's begin with preparing to write.

This explanation text can be structured into four sections.

Introduction, section one, what happens when food enters the body? Section two, what happens when food leaves the stomach.

And a conclusion.

In this lesson, we are writing the conclusion.

The purpose of the conclusion is to achieve the following.

Give the reader a summary of the information provided, review the most important information, encourage the reader to find out more about the topic.

We can use the outline of our explanation text to help us summarise.

We can use subjects-specific vocabulary, which you know lots of, to review the most important information.

Let's check your understanding.

Which of the following are helpful when writing your conclusion? A, the outline of the explanation text, B, the details about how nutrients are absorbed, C, subject-specific vocabulary, and D, every step in the digestive process.

Pause the video and select your answers now.

The answers are A, the outline of the explanation text, and B, subject-specific vocabulary.

Outlining the explanation text helps us summarise, and subject-specific vocabulary helps us review the most important information.

Well done.

Using a range of sentence types, simple, compound, and complex, supports text flow.

This makes it easier for the reader and keeps them engaged.

A simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense on its own.

A compound sentence is a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word.

A complex sentence is a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause.

Let's check your understanding of these sentence types.

Match the sentence type to their definition.

Our sentence types are simple sentence, compound sentence, and complex sentence.

The definitions are, a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word.

A sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause.

And a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense.

Pause the video and match these now.

A simple sentence is a sentence about one idea that makes complete sense.

A compound sentence is a sentence formed of two main clauses and a joining word.

And a complex sentence is a sentence formed of at least one main clause and a subordinate clause.

Well done.

A compound sentence uses a coordinating conjunction to join two main clauses.

Main clause, coordinating conjunction, main clause.

Now, for the coordinating conjunction and, you do not need to use a comma before it, but for or and but, you need a comma to separate the two main clauses.

Here is an example of a compound sentence.

This explanation text has provided detailed information about the digestive process and it has taught you about which parts of the human body are vital for the process.

I have used the coordinating conjunction and to join two main clauses and form a compound sentence.

True or false, a coordinating conjunction can be used to join any two clauses.

What do you think? Pause the video and answer now.

That is false.

Well done.

We know that's not true.

But can you justify your answer? A.

A coordinating conjunction can only be used to join two main clauses which independently make sense, or B, a coordinating conjunction only joins a main clause and a subordinate clause.

Pause the video and answer now.

The answer is A.

Well done.

We know that a coordinating conjunction can only be used to join two main clauses, which independently makes sense on their own.

A complex sentence contains at least one main clause and a subordinate clause which begins with a subordinating conjunction.

Main clause and subordinate clause.

This explanation text has provided information about the digestive process by explaining what happens when food enters the body and leaves the stomach.

My subordinating conjunction here is the word by.

It begins my subordinate clause.

We can also create a complex sentence saying the same thing with my subordinate clause first.

Subordinate clause, comma, main clause.

If the subordinate clause comes first, we need to have a comma to separate it from our main clause.

By exploring the journey that food takes when it enters the body and leaves the stomach, comma, this explanation text has provided a detailed overview of the digestive process.

My subordinating conjunction is by.

Let's check your understanding of complex sentences.

Select the two appropriate subordinate clauses that could complete the following to form a complex sentence.

This explanation text has provided information about digestion.

The options are A, and explained which body parts are involved, B, by explaining what happens when food enters the body and leaves the stomach, or C, through detailing the intricate journey that food takes through the human body.

Pause the video and select your answers now.

There may be more than one correct answer.

Let's take a look at the answers.

You should have chosen B, by explaining what happens when food enters the body and leaves the stomach.

This subordinate clause begins with the subordinating conjunction by.

And you could have chosen C too.

Through detailing the intricate journey that food takes through the human body.

This subordinate clause begins with the subordinating conjunction through.

Each of these clauses do not make sense on their own, but when used as a subordinate clause joined to our main clause, they form a complex sentence.

Well done.

It's time for your first task.

Say the first few sentences of the conclusion and make sure you include the following, a complex sentence to summarise the information provided.

This information text has provided information about, by.

And a review of the most important information including subject-specific vocabulary.

So you need to use all of those key words that are involved in the process of digestion.

The digestive system is made up of.

Remember, you can refer to the outline of the explanation text to help you summarise in your first sentence.

Section one was, what happens when food enters the body? And section two was, what happens when food leaves the stomach? Pause the video and say these sentences out loud to your partner now.

I was listening carefully while you were sharing your sentences, and I'm really impressed.

Let's check your first sentence together.

Did your first sentence summarise the information provided? Did you use a subordinating conjunction to create a complex sentence? Let's take a look at some fantastic examples of the first sentence.

This explanation text has provided information about the complex natural process of digestion by explaining what happens when food enters the body and when it leaves the stomach.

Here I have used the subordinating conjunction by to create a complex sentence.

Or this explanation text has provided information about the intricate, natural process of digestion through detailing the journey that food takes when it enters the body and leaves the stomach.

I have used the subordinating conjunction through to create a complex sentence here.

Well done.

Now, let's check your next sentences together.

Did you review the most important pieces of information? Did you include subject-specific vocabulary in your review? Let's take a look at some examples.

There are several body parts and organs that work together to complete the intricate process of digestion.

The oesophagus, stomach, and intestines are vital for the delivery of food and its nutrients to the body.

My first sentence summarises that there are several body parts involved in the process of digestion, and it uses the word organs.

And then most importantly, my second sentence references the oesophagus, the stomach, and the intestines, and says how vital they are for the delivery of food and nutrients to the body.

These are both good summarising sentences that also review subject-specific vocabulary.

Another good example would be, the digestive system is made up of many crucial body parts and organs that work together.

The oesophagus, stomach, and intestines are vital for achieving the process and delivering nutrients to the body.

Very similar to the first example, but you can see that some words or phrases have been adapted.

Well done for all of your hard work on this talk task.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson, the most exciting part, because you are going to write your own conclusion which will end your explanation text, and I bet you are really excited to have your final piece of work complete.

Let's look at the success criteria together.

I have written the subheading conclusion.

I have written a complex sentence summarising the key information from the explanation text.

I have included the most important subject-specific vocabulary to summarise the process.

I have written a sentence to encourage the reader to find out more.

I am now going to model writing the first two sentences of the conclusion.

First, I need to make sure I write the subheading conclusion, and underline it.

Now, let's take a look at my first few sentences.

This explanation text has provided information about the complex natural process of digestion by explaining what happens when food enters the body and when it leaves the stomach.

There are several organs that work together to complete the intricate process of digestion.

Now, I'm feeling pretty happy with the first few sentences of my conclusion, but I want to be extra sure that I've done a good job, and I wondered if you could help me.

Could you check my writing against the success criteria? The success criteria is, I have written the subheading conclusion, I have written a complex sentence summarising the key information from the explanation text, I have included the most important subject-specific vocabulary to summarise the process.

Pause the video and spot where and how I have met this success criteria so that we can be sure I've done a good job.

You guys did such a great job at checking my writing and I loved getting your feedback.

You could see that I did write the subheading conclusion, so I can tick that.

For I have written a complex sentence, you spotted that I used the subordinating conjunction by so I can tick that.

And for I have included the most important subject-specific vocabulary to summarise the process, you could see that I said there are several organs, that is subject-specific vocabulary, so I can tick that.

Some of you pointed out that I haven't included some really important subject-specific vocabulary yet, like oesophagus, stomach, intestines, but that's okay because that could come in my next sentence.

It's now time for you to do your task and write the conclusion.

Use your success criteria to write your conclusion.

Ensure you use a range of sentence types to summarise, simple, compound and complex, and subject-specific vocabulary.

Here is your success criteria.

Make sure you refer back to it while you are writing.

And here is some subject-specific vocabulary to support you.

Digestive system, oesophagus, stomach, intestines, and nutrients.

Now, some of these words are tricky to spell, but luckily they're right here for you to see, so make sure you spell them correctly.

Pause the video and do the task now.

I had so many busy pencils on paper and I loved your enthusiasm for writing the conclusion.

It's now time for you to read your writing back to check it makes sense and edit any punctuation errors.

Then check it against your success criteria and tick each box when you are sure you have completed it.

You can also refer back to the key words and double check those tricky spellings.

Pause the video and read and check your work now.

Well done for checking your work so carefully.

Let's take a look at an example conclusion together.

This explanation text has provided information about the complex, natural process of digestion by explaining what happens when food enters the body and when it leaves the stomach.

There are several body parts and organs that work together to complete the intricate process of digestion.

The oesophagus, stomach, and intestines are vital for the delivery of food and its nutrients to the body.

If you'd like to find out more about any part of the process, use your local library or the internet to research further information.

When you have researched more, you could present your findings to your class, enjoy your research.

Let's check this example against my success criteria.

I have written the subheading conclusion.

I can see that at the top there.

I have written a complex sentence summarising the key information from the explanation text.

The first sentence in my conclusion is a complex sentence because it uses the subordinating conjunction by to add a subordinate clause, by explaining what happens when food enters the body and when it leaves the stomach.

And this summarises what has been covered.

So I can check that.

I have included the most important subject-specific vocabulary to summarise the process.

Well, I can see key words like oesophagus, stomach, intestines, and nutrients, so I can definitely check that.

And last but not least, I have written a sentence to encourage the reader to find out more.

This is a really wonderful way to end an explanation text because it encourages further curiosity in the reader.

The example here is, if you would like to find out more about any part of the process, use your local library or the internet to research further information.

So I can check that last box on my success criteria.

And I am sure you were able to do the same because I know how hard you worked.

We've come to the end of our lesson, so let's go over a summary together.

The conclusion of an explanation text summarises the information that has been provided.

The conclusion of an explanation text reviews the most important information using subject-specific vocabulary.

The conclusion of an explanation text is an opportunity to encourage the reader to discover more about the subject.

Using a range of simple, compound, and complex sentences supports text flow.

And the use of compound and complex sentences is very effective for summarising.

Well done for all of your hard work in today's writing lesson.

I loved teaching you.