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Extended writing: explain how a stack forms

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Which sentence explains, rather than just describes, why an arch collapses?

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KS3 Coasts, lesson 7. Extended-writing lesson: BUG the question, a WAGOLL on the arch at Durdle Door, plan the five stages, then 20 minutes' independent writing explaining how a stack forms, using Old Harry Rocks as the named example.

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Lesson outline

  1. Hook — Better Than a Tour Guide
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. BUG the Question
  5. Show Me — What Will 'Explain' Need?
  6. WAGOLL — Explain How the Arch at Durdle Door Formed
  7. Process Words for Your Explanation
  8. Hinge Check — What Makes an Arch Become a Stack?
  9. Task — Plan Your Five Stages
  10. Write — Explain How a Stack Forms
  11. Task — Self-Check Against the Levels
  12. Task — Redraft One Paragraph
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