Use these Paragraph Structures to help organise your ideas for each section of your Explorer Webpage
Biography - Who was he?
This paragraph or page tells the readers the main important details about the explorer. By reading this they will know who the person was and why what they did was interesting or important. It should make them want to find out more about the explorer. After they read this page they should want to read the rest of your pages.
1st sentence – (main idea) Who the person is: name of explorer, classifying statement, (main) country
2nd sentence – When they explored
3rd sentence – Main thing they are famous for
4th sentence – another interesting and important thing about this explorer
5th sentence – (summary) why what they did is important
1st sentence – (main idea) Who the person is: name of explorer, classifying statement, (main) country
2nd sentence – When they explored
3rd sentence – Main thing they are famous for
4th sentence – another interesting and important thing about this explorer
5th sentence – (summary) why what they did is important
Early Life
This paragraph or page tells about the early life of the explorer. It should include things that might help to answer the question: Why and how did this person grow up to be a famous explorer? Information on this page should be organised in chronological (time) order.
1st sentence – Where and when they were born
2nd sentence – Family, brothers and sisters
3rd sentence – Schooling
4th sentence – Father's occupation
5th sentence – Early career or what made them want to be a sailor or explorer
1st sentence – Where and when they were born
2nd sentence – Family, brothers and sisters
3rd sentence – Schooling
4th sentence – Father's occupation
5th sentence – Early career or what made them want to be a sailor or explorer
Voyages and journeys
This paragraph or page tells about a journey of discovery. Information on this page should be organised in chronological (time) order. It should give information about important dates, places and discoveries as well as interesting events that might have happened along the way.
You might have a separate page for each journey or use subheadings on one page if your explorer made more than one famous journey.
This page should include a map to show the journey(s).
1st sentence – (main idea) Main reason for journey
2nd sentence – Where and when they left
3rd sentence – Places they stopped
4th sentence – What they discovered or learnt
5th sentence – When (if) they returned home
You might have a separate page for each journey or use subheadings on one page if your explorer made more than one famous journey.
This page should include a map to show the journey(s).
1st sentence – (main idea) Main reason for journey
2nd sentence – Where and when they left
3rd sentence – Places they stopped
4th sentence – What they discovered or learnt
5th sentence – When (if) they returned home
Ship or transportation
This paragraph or page tells about the ship (or other form of transport) that the explorer used. You should include a photograph of the picture you did of the explorer's ship.
1st sentence – (main idea) Name of the ship (or number of ships in the fleet)
2nd sentence – Who provided the ship or where it came from
3rd sentence – Features of the ship, how many masts, how big etc
4th sentence – More interesting features of the ship or what it was like living on board
5th sentence – (summary or concluding sentence)
1st sentence – (main idea) Name of the ship (or number of ships in the fleet)
2nd sentence – Who provided the ship or where it came from
3rd sentence – Features of the ship, how many masts, how big etc
4th sentence – More interesting features of the ship or what it was like living on board
5th sentence – (summary or concluding sentence)
Impacts
This paragraph or page tells about the achievements and positive things that happened because of the journey and also any negative things that may have happened because of the voyage.
1st sentence – (main idea) Main outcome of the exploration - why it is famous
2nd sentence – A positive impact - e.g. discovered new lands, first person to map somewhere or travel somewhere
3rd sentence – Another interesting thing - named a place or animal, discovered an idea like hammocks or spaghetti
4th sentence – Negative impacts - diseases, people killed, war, pirates
5th sentence – (summary) What lasting influence this exploration has (why it is still remembered)
1st sentence – (main idea) Main outcome of the exploration - why it is famous
2nd sentence – A positive impact - e.g. discovered new lands, first person to map somewhere or travel somewhere
3rd sentence – Another interesting thing - named a place or animal, discovered an idea like hammocks or spaghetti
4th sentence – Negative impacts - diseases, people killed, war, pirates
5th sentence – (summary) What lasting influence this exploration has (why it is still remembered)
Timeline
This page is a list of key events that happened in the person's life or that might have had an impact on the voyage of discovery. It should be organised in chronological order.
- Birth
- Early life events that might be important
- Dates of first voyage
- Dates of other voyages
- Interesting and relevant things that happened in the world at that time (if they have something to do with the explorer and the journey)
- Death
Bibliography
This page tells other people where you found your information, pictures and other things you have included in your website.
Include the links to websites for both information and pictures.
Write the names and authors of any books
Organising your list can make it easier for others to know what pages were useful for which types of information.
- You must say where you got your information from because otherwise it is like stealing.
- Showing where you got your information from shows the reader that you have not made it up. It makes your site more credible.
- Letting people know where you got your information from helps them to do more research if they are interested in the topic.
Include the links to websites for both information and pictures.
Write the names and authors of any books
Organising your list can make it easier for others to know what pages were useful for which types of information.