Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify different types of sentences used in explanations to describe how and why something happens and a set of cards to select and record different sentences to explain why and how something happens.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write different sentences to explain how and why Santa makes preparations for Christmas.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to plan and write an explanation to describe how Santa Claus prepares for Christmas including using apostrophes to indicate possession in sentences. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.