The solar system checklist

Does it have a title to tell you what the writing is about?

The solar system

Is there a general opening statement

Have you ever wanted to see the solar system? It is hard to get there you need a rocket ship and it takes a while and there is no gravity

Is it written in a series of logical steps?

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A day on Saturn is 10.7 hours.

A year on Saturn is about 29 Earth years.

Saturn has 146 moons.

Saturn is a gas giant.

Saturn has a radius of 36,183.7 miles, or 58,232 kilometers.

Do the steps continue until the explanation is complete?

In the solar system there is a big star the star is the sun next there are eight planets the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy around 13.6 billion years

Is it written in simple present tense

No because there is no tense words

Does it use time connectives? e.g. then, next, after a while, etc.

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In our solar system There is a star for example the sun is a star next is the planets there is eight planets in our solar system

Does it use causal connectives?

e.g. because, so, this causes, this results in, therefore... etc.

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Yes

Are there diagrams or illustrations to help with the explanation?

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Intro:have you been to the solar system it is made of of one star and eight planets and countless smaller bodies such as dwarf planets and comets.

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Explain:have you been to the solar system is really high in the sky you need a rocket ship to go there.The sun is marked as a big star the moon had different stuff happening to it at different times like there is a half moon and a red moon and sometimes blue moon and a full yellow moon. The solar system is really dark and Jupiter is the biggest planet and mercury is the smallest planet.

Ending in the solar system the sky is all black and you can see different planets and the sun at the solar system the sun is really hot so people don’t really go there earth is where we live there is a bunch of water and islands