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You gave your reader a tour. You named a clear destination, you set your stops in order, you showed them how each cause produced the next effect, and you left them knowing the way. A reader could follow the whole chain with their own two hands, and that is the whole job of an explanation. Certified, and into your collection it goes.
You built a tour, and a reader could follow the chain from cause to effect. That is the whole job of an explanation.
What your tour carried
a clear destinationstops in orderwhat to notice at eachan ending that leaves them knowing the way
Standards covered
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.ACCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.BCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.CCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.DCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.ECCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.FCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.3CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.6CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.5CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.2
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