Structure an Explanation is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on organising an explanation with definitions and evidence, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.2. 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 12 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.
Structure an Explanation
W.5.2
NameDate
Write on the lines. Use the checklist.
1.Should everybody be vaccinated where they safely can be? Argue with evidence.
I stated a claim
I ordered my reasons
I supported with evidence
I wrote a conclusion
2.Explain why the Thames stopped freezing. Correct the usual explanation.
I introduced the topic
I named the usual explanation
I gave the real causes
I wrote a conclusion
LessonPrint · W.5.2 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Structure an Explanation
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A position supported by the threshold and chain-of-hosts evidence.
2.Why the Thames stopped freezing — the bridge and the channel — correcting the usual climate explanation.
More practice for W.5.2
Write to explain, with structure, evidence, precise words and a conclusion.