Explanation Lesson Plan
A thorough, ready-to-use lesson plan to confidently teach explanation writing to your primary students.
Planning an explanation text lesson from scratch can take forever — but this Explanation Lesson Plan has the hard work done for you. With a clear structure, explicit teaching focus, and supporting activities, you can walk into your English lesson prepared and confident. Perfect for upper primary teachers looking to teach the explanation text type within their writing programme.
Why teachers love it:
- Ready to teach — clear, structured lesson plan you can pick up and use immediately
- Curriculum-aligned — supports Australian Curriculum English: Language and Literacy outcomes
- Explicit teaching focus — guides students through the features and structure of explanation texts
- Saves planning time — spend your planning energy elsewhere while still delivering quality instruction
Perfect for:
- Upper primary English writing lessons
- Year 3 to Year 6 explanation text units
- Beginning teachers looking for guidance with text type teaching
- Relieving teachers stepping into an English lesson
- Schools implementing consistent writing programme structures
What's included:
A complete explanation text lesson plan including learning intentions, teaching sequence, and activities to support students in understanding and writing explanation texts.
Teach explanation writing with clarity and confidence — this lesson plan sets you up for success!
SPECIFICATIONS
Format: PDF, set up for A4 paper. Exactly what's inside is listed above.
Editing: This download is not editable. The PDF is flattened to protect the design and the artists' work we license.
Printing: Open the file in a PDF reader and choose 'Fit to page' or 'Actual size'. Do a test page on plain paper first — card, colour and black-and-white all print well.
Licence: One classroom, one teacher. Please don't share, resell or post the file online; buy an extra licence for each colleague who wants their own copy.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
You'll need a PDF reader on your device — the free Adobe Acrobat Reader is the most reliable. Double-click the downloaded file to open it.
If a page shows on screen but won't print properly, open it in Acrobat Reader, choose Print → Advanced → tick 'Print as image'.
Stuck? Contact us and we'll sort it out.
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FAQS
Where is my download?
Check your inbox (and junk folder) for the email from Mrs Edgar with your link. You can also log in to your account at mrsedgar.com.au and download it from your order.
It came as a ZIP file — how do I open it?
On a Mac, double-click it. On Windows, right-click and choose 'Extract All'. Your PDFs will be inside.
Can I print in colour or black and white?
Yes. Our resources are designed to work both ways; black-and-white versions look great on coloured card.
The download won't start on my school computer.
Some school networks block downloads. Try again at home, or right-click the link and choose 'Save link as'.
