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 18 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.Explain how a vaccine works, for a reader who knows no biology.
I introduced the topic
I defined my terms
I used 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 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Structure an Explanation
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The mechanism explained with pathogen and antibody defined, no assumed knowledge.
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.