Headings and Precise Language is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on structuring an explanation with headings and exact terms, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 15 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 15 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Headings and Precise Language
W.4.2
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Explain why British clocks all agree, and what changed it.
I used a heading
I explained the cause
I used precise language
I wrote a conclusion
2.Explain the longitude problem and how it was solved.
I used a heading
I explained the problem
I explained the solution
I wrote a conclusion
LessonPrint · W.4.2 · Set 21 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Headings and Precise Language
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Why British clocks agree: local sun time, the railway timetable, and the 1880 law.
2.The longitude problem explained — no natural marker — and solved by Harrison's clock.
More practice for W.4.2
Write to explain, using headings, facts, definitions and precise language.