T2+Explanation+Writing

**__Explanation Writing - What is it????????__**  __**WALT - describe the features of explanation writing.**__

To explain how things work or how something happens  e.g. why do things float?  how are mountains formed?

 When writing explanations we use factual language to give detail and we use technical language related to the topic.  We write in present tense.  We also use cause and effect words. Some examples of these words are:

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Handball is a fun game that any one can play. All you need is a small ball such as a tennis ball or a proper handball and a centre line on a concrete surface. It is a simple game and you develop lots of skills the more you play.

In handball you need at least three people and you can only have two people playing at once. There is king which is the one who serves the ball and a queen who is the person that is playing against the king. The aim of the game is to get the opposite player out. To play the king serves the ball but it has to bounce in their square first and then bounce in the other players and they have to hit it back but still hitting it in their square first. You keep playing until someone does what you call a straight-in, this is when a player accidentally hits the ball straight into another players square before hitting it in theirs. This is how you get people out. If the queen beats the king, the king is out and the queen becomes the king and another player moves to the queen square. There is also another way to get people out and it is when one player bounces the ball in their square twice and it is called a double bounce.

There are still ways to not make the ball bounce twice in your square and you can do this by letting the ball bounce once in your square and then doing kind of a straight in by hitting it again straight into the other person's square. This is called a lifesaver, but each time you do a lifesaver you also have to say it as you hit it.

Handball can get a very challenging game when versing quite skilled people and you get better at doing more things to get people out and one of them are skims. A skim is still playing the same but it is very low bounces and it becomes quite challenging to not let it bounce twice in your square. If people remember there is also another move called first serve. A first serve is when the king serves the ball and the queen hits it back into the kings but makes a mistake, or if the king just serves it and makes a mistake you can say first serve and this means that you both stay in and replay. If it bounces in your square but it doesn't quite make it into the other persons square but still lands on the line,it is fine and just check with the other team players to come to an agreement.

Handball is a very fun challenging game that any one can play and you can have as many people playing as possible. I encourage you and your friends to head outside on a nice day, find a center line and play hand ball for hours!