Why is flooding in this country on the increase?
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The poster text poses a series of questions about the issue of flooding in the UK, followed by some simple explanations of the elements involved. It demonstrates a range of organisational and stylistic features typical of the genre, and introduces some technical vocabulary.

Shared teaching and learning
Before reading
- Discuss weather events in the headlines. Have any happened in the UK recently? Discuss the effects of flooding as reported in the news.
- Why do rivers flood? Assess what the children already know.
Previous learning
Children should be familiar with the differences between narrative and non-narrative texts, and be able to identify some of the features of an explanation text.
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Published 30 April 2009
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Smunir
on 20 January 2015
explanation
Exactly what I was looking for, a text with features analysis.