哎，怎么没有声音吗？Bomm. Okay, now let's look at the presentation. Okay. The aim of the video was to identify the features of an explanation text. And the criteria is that you can identify presentadevices in explanation text, identifying the language features, which we will have a look at now. So in an explanation text, there are certain language features, and we're going to explain the purpose of an explanation text. So the video that you just watched is called chain reactions. Chain reactions are when something causes something else to happen, which causes something else to happen, and so on until it finishes. So in the video, all the events were linked to each other. When something started happening, the other one became affected, and it continued until it reached an end. Can you spot any chain reactions in this video? Yes, we spotted a lot of them. So all the events in this video were linked to each other. So the purpose of an explanation text is to explain a process or how something works. Let's look at an explanation text about how Melvin the machine works. So melvendor machine is an example of a robe Goldberg machine named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg. It is a chain reaction type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and impractically overly complicated way. So in this picture over here, this is called Melvin the machine. So it's quite complicated, but all the events are actually linked to each other. So I'm just going to go back one slide. How does Melvin the machine work? Melvin the machine is an example of a robe Goldberg machine, a device that uses chain reactions to link a series of simple actions together. So in chain reactions, there are basic events, but all these basic events are linked to each other. When something starts, the other one starts as well, until it all comes to an end. So I'll get you to read the text. Everyone can read silently. You can start reading from here, the main machine. And once you have completed reading, please tell me. So everyone, you can mute your microphones. So everybody is reading silently. Okay, I'll give you five minutes. Yes, everyone is reading silently for five minutes. Okay, has everyone finished reading? All right, what did you understand from the text? What is it about? It is about a lot of things and it playing together the first thing, finish this a second thing, and it goes on. Okay, Sean, could you muyour microphone? There's too much background noise in your area. Could you please mute your microphone? Shn, switch off your microphone, please. There's too much background noise. That's better. Okay? So we have events here that are linked to each other. The clock strikes twelve. This is the first event. And then the marbles fall down. And then the marbles go along a train track until they hit a train. And then this pulls a string, this releases a metal ball onto an electromagnetized piece of wood, then it reaches the top, and then it causes the balloons to pop. As a result, a pen on wheels travels until it collides with a wooden pole, which consequently releases another marble. Then the marbles roll across the floor, knocking over paints, tins that activate a pulley system. Then this travels, continuing to an array of umbrellas that engage ges a fan. The boat is blown along, the boat causes a shuttle to travel down a shtrack, and then everything tumbles, which subsequently falls like dominoes. And then a giic mullet falls, causing a bowling ball to be struck, which results in large cylinders beginning to roll. And then these cylinders will shuflaming teacup into the path of a gutter system full of flammable materials. And then the heat causes a series of bowling balls to be released, and the procedure is complete. So all of this is a chain reaction, because all the events are linked to each other. Okay, now we're going to have a look at some of the language features. So this is called an explanation text. It's an explanation text because it's explaining how the events occur one after the other. So we have the question as our title, and then we have a sentence which shows our introduction. So in the sentence, we give background information. The introduction gives background information and provides us with what we're going to be reading about. And then we've got the subheading, which is like the subtitle, it's the main machine. And then in this explanation text, the summary is given. Picking out the features. Let's look carefully at some of the language used in this explanation text. Explanation text use technical language related to the topic. Technical words are advanced vocabulary that you wouldn't necessarily use in normal everyday conversation or writing. So can you tell me which technical vocabulary you can see in this text? So for example, stilts stills is a technical word used in this context. Which other words do you think are technical words? Elecyes, that's right, electromagnetized very good. Any other words electricity? Yes, static electricity. We've got collides, which means goes along with and activate fully activating array and order of umbrellas, shuttle giant mullet falls, initiates a system of pulleys, cylinders, Guta system, flaable, flammable materials procedure. All these are technical vocabulary explanation texts also use many time conjunctions and adverbials to help to order events and show sequence. So can you tell me which words show the sequence, the ordering of the events? So firstly, yes. Sean, you can turn on your microphone if you want to give an answer done again, then yes. So we've got firstly, then finally, finally, finally until we've got until next, finally. Explanation text also use causal conjunctions and adverbials. So these are words and phrases that show something has happened and cause something else to happen. This is often called cause and effect. So can you tell me the words that show cause and effect? 南龙。Pasing. Very good pausing in turn. As a result. Consequently. Subsequently means one after another in resulting in. Explanation text checklist read the text and then decide which other features or an explanation text have been included and which are missing. Okay, so have a look at this text. How do aliens hatch out of eggs? Read the text first silently. Okay, now have a look at the language features of this text. Which ones show the sequencing of events? So which words show the order of the events? Firstly. After after. 呃，then. Following. So we have following, okay, which ones show cause and effect? So we've got enables this enables, which means this causes the alien to kick against the already broken shell at the top. So it uses a question as a title. So if we go back, we can see that. Next one. It uses a question, how do aliens hatch out of eggs? This is the title, and it's a question. It begins with an introduction. It uses causal conjunctions and adverbials. It uses technical language. It uses time conjunctions and adverbials to show the order of events. It includes diagrams or illustrations with captions, which we can't see here right now, uses organizational and presentational devices to structure the text, and ends with a summary. So what examples have you found? Would you add in the missing features? Yes, the he did use a question as the title, how do aliens hatch out of eggs? And there were causal conjunctions and adverbials, such as in order to sew that, there was technical language for the topic, antenna resting stage in a shell membrane. There were time conjunctions, like when, firstly, after, finally, immediately. But we couldn't see the diagrams or illustrations here, and we couldn't see the summary. Maybe on the original text, it might have those. What is the point of an explanatory text? Why do you think people write an explanatory text or an explanation text? What's the purpose? Me explasomething, yes, to explain the procedure of something or to explain the events when something happens. It shows us how something worked or acts to share knowledge to explain why something happens. To offer a detailed and precise explanation for a tricky process. Okay, so your homework, which we have some time if we have some time left now, I think we have yes, we have some time. So we'll do this together now instead of high work, we'll try and do it together now. So we're going to see how to catch an astronaut. We're going to look at this text. Can you find the features of an explanation text on your how to catch an astronaut activity sheet? I will show you the activity sheet, and I will give you some time to complete it. So I'm going to just move out from there. And. Let me see if I can send it to you. 干。Okay, before we look at the assignment, let's look at the explanations. So the title should explain what the explanation is for. For example, what causes a to tsunami? An opening statement about the subject. There should be an introduction. For example, a tosunami is a giant powerful wave. So it should give some background information. It should give clear, simple key points about the subject and why or how it occurs. There should be technical words in the text. There should be cause and effect conjunctions, for example, because cause resulting in so cause and effect, it should show what causes something and what the result is. It should use time conjunctions to show your order of events, for example, firstly, next, then after, finally. And it should be in the present tense, because it's talking about something that is generally all the time. So it should be using the present simple tense. And it should end with a summary paragraph for the explanation. So after explaining all the events, it should include a short summary, tell the reader something interesting. So the last sentence in the summary could be an interesting fact about the topic. So we looked at Melvin the machine, so I'll PaaS that one. Okay. This is your text that you're going to work on. Does everyone have this text? How to catch an astronaut? Do you have this? No. Let me see how I can send this to you. Let's have. Oh. Okay. Then maybe I could send it to you from here. So what I'll do is I'll take some screen shots and send it to you from the chat box. So if we can make this a bit more smaller, which does it. Okay, there we go. It's okay. I'm going to take a screenshot of it. So that's one. And let's see if I can send that to you through the chat box. This way. They know it's going to be difficult. Let me. 而且他几个都还没读，他就老师睡觉了嗯。你前面讲的你听懂吗？在讲啥呀，再。见我的个。Okay, let me try again from this way from my file. 一样的方式就是怎么写一篇说明是吧？Okay. And let's try and upload it from here. It's this one. I don't have a printer. You don't need a printer. You can just okay, you don't need a printer because it's not sending it to you. What you're going to do is you're just going to do it this way. I'm gonna na see if I can enlarge it, but I can't enlarge it. So if you have a phone, you can take a picture of it. Maybe you can take a picture of it, because I can't make it fit into the chat box. So if you have your phone, you can take a picture of it. You just need this page, how to catch an astronaut. I can identify the features of an explanation text. So this is your assignment. You have 15 minutes. Have a look at this assignment, read the text. It's an explanation text. Read it, and if you can identify the features, write them in the box. So has it used a title? Is there a subtitle? Are there any technical vocabulary? Are there any time phrases which show the order of events? Are there any cause and effect words that show the relationships between the cause of something and the result of it? If you can see any of those, you can write them down. If you have any questions, I'm here to help. Otherwise, you can begin. 你就直接用这个做是吗？那你在干。做题。没有吗？你扫啦，这不这着吗？没有。Moment. 第页。And finish reading. Yes. So now you can identify features. So I'll write the I'll write the questions in the chat box. So after you have read the text, these are the features you're going to look for. You can write your examples in your notable so I'll write the questions in the chat box for you to see. 应该。When you have finished, you can answer these questions in the chat box into your notebook. Let me see if I can make the text picfor you to see, so I'll just scroll down a bit. Okay. So let's see if we can make that very much. No, it doesn't all fit into there. So what I'll do is it like that? We have to write in that box again. Sorry, your asses, that book. Yes, write your asses in your nobooks or on a piece of paper. It doesn't matter. There are questions I write in the chat box. You have five questions to answer. You. 要。被鼓。Perfect. All right, finished, everyone. Has everyone answered the questions? Yep. Okay. So the first question was, does it have a title? Does this text have a title? I think yes, what is the title? How you Catan? Okay. The title is over here. Let's see if I can show with. So this is the title here. How does, how does the, how to catch an astronaut game work? That's the title. That is the title over here. So this one at the top poders, the how to catch an astronaut game work. This is the title. Question two. What was question two? Let's have a look. Is there an introduction? What is it? 第这是第is there an instruction？What is it? 有吗？介绍。So this is the question over here. Is there an introduction? Et Samant? Even though. Okay, this is the introduction over here. This part, the first part straight after the question is the introduction. Carlos, could you read the introduction, please? Was designed in 2016 by by a great child grandchild of of nil Armstrong, who was one of the first astronauts to step in the moon to step on the mood. The game is aimed at five to twelve year old and use and use a game and use a game board around the edge. Whoever gets the and first gets to start the process in the middle of the catching astronaut catching the astronaut. That's right. So this is the introduction. So it's introducing the text and then what is the subtitle? The subtitle. How the main game works yes, this is the subtitle how the main game works. And Sean, can you tell me the technical vocabulary used in the text? For example, we've got elastic band and that's technical vocabulary. What else can you see? That is a technical word? So turn nstiwe've got turstyle, which is also another technical word. Sorry, go to. Yes, we've got guata. That's right. Any others? We've also got marble marble over here and we've got bull's eye. Any other. Vibrate is not really a technical word in this context. We can use vibrate in general texts too. Vibrate just means to shake it, to make it move. So you can use it in normal text as well, or in everyday spoken texts too. So we're vibrate. It's not really a technical word. Okay, I'll ask the next question. So the other question was write down all the time adverbs which show the order of events. So which words show the order of the events in this explanation text? Warler, first, first, that's right. First. What else? Next? Next, next. Yes, what else? Until, until, yes, that's right. What else? And that's it. Yes. The last one was until very good. Okay. Next question was write down all the phrases which show the cause and effect relationship. So can you tell me the words which show the cause and effect relationship between the events as a result? Yes, as a result, very good. What else? Consequently? Yes, that's right. Any others ses causes? Yes, very good. Causes. Subsequently. Subsequently? Yes, very good. Subsequently. Are there any others. That's it. Very good. Excellent work. Well done. Any questions about the text? Does anyone have any questions or is there anything you don't understand about the text? No, okay, I'm moving on then. So now this is lesson two, but let's just make an introduction. We've got one minute left. Don't know why this is the other way around. Yes, Carlos, I can see you're trying to look sideways. I want I won't show you this one now because it's going to take time to revert to its normal side. I'll show you that through the pdf, so I'll just close that one for now. Let's just recap. So I'm going to go back to your presentation, which was here this one. So in today's lesson, let's just recap the things you looked at. So we looked at language features in an explanation text. So what did we say? We said that I'm just going to quickly go through it. We said that an explanation text shows how something works or why it works like that. And we talked about technical vocabulary. So we said it uses a question as a title. It has an introduction, it has a subtitle, and it uses a summary as well at the end and in an explanation text, technical language is used, such as these ones. And then we looked at time conjunctions and adverbials, which show the order of events. And we also looked at causal conjunctions, anadverals adverbials, which show the cause and effect relationship between the events, such as consequently, as a result, are in turn subsequently resulting in okay, guys, that's it for today. Do you have any questions? All right, then see you next time. Goodbye, everyone.