Conductors and Insulators | Explanation Writing Pack | Year 3/4

This fully resourced two-week explanation writing unit helps pupils understand and explain the difference between conductors and insulators. Through engaging, science-linked lessons, pupils will develop their ability to write structured explanation texts while learning how electricity flows through different materials.

Following Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction, the unit breaks down writing skills into manageable steps and builds confidence in using grammar features such as conjunctions, fronted adverbials, and expanded noun phrases. This cross-curricular pack is perfect for integrating science and literacy, or for use as a stand-alone explanation unit.

This pack includes:

• 10 detailed, progressive writing lessons
• A two-page model text (WAGOLL) with teacher notes
• Over 110 editable PowerPoint slides for whole-class modelling
• 17 pupil worksheets with writing scaffolds and tasks
• Sentence stems, success criteria, and modelled examples
• Grammar focus: conjunctions, sentence types, fronted adverbials
• Audio version of the WAGOLL text
• Dyslexia-friendly font and layout
• Quizzes and retrieval tasks linked to prior learning

Use this unit for whole class teaching, small group intervention, science integration, or assessment of explanation writing. The topic of Conductors and Insulators links directly to the National Curriculum for science and supports purposeful writing outcomes in KS2.

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