What Is Sound? | Explanation Writing Pack | Year 3/4

This fully resourced two-week explanation writing unit explores the scientific question What Is Sound? Pupils will learn how sounds are made, how they travel, and what affects their pitch and volume. While deepening their science understanding, they will also develop essential writing skills for crafting clear, structured explanation texts.

Designed using Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, the unit builds step-by-step confidence in explanation writing, with a strong focus on vocabulary development, grammar progression, and purposeful writing structure. Ideal for linking science and literacy, this unit supports writing across the curriculum.

This pack includes:

• 10 carefully sequenced writing lessons with clear objectives and modelling
• A two-page WAGOLL (model text) with teacher annotations
• Over 110 editable PowerPoint teaching slides
• 17 pupil worksheets designed to support each stage of writing
• Sentence stems, planning scaffolds, and success criteria
• Grammar focus: conjunctions, fronted adverbials, and expanded noun phrases
• Audio version of the WAGOLL for accessibility
• Dyslexia-friendly font and layout
• Retrieval activities, quizzes, and built-in assessments

Perfect for full class instruction, small group writing intervention, or use as a stand-alone explanation text unit. This resource links directly to the science curriculum (Sound) and supports confident, informative writing that reflects subject knowledge and writing skills.

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