Informative Writing Lesson

Informative Writing

Academic Writing
Grade 8
May, Semester 2, 2023-24

Open Ended

How are you feeling this morning?

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What do you think Informative Writing is about?

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Simply put, informative writing is writing with the purpose to ​

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. It might be in the form of an instruction manual, an academic journal, an encyclopedia, or even just the back of a box of cereal. Anything that is written with the aim to explain a topic to the reader is informative writing - the reader will often come away having learned something​

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and interesting. You might see informative writing go by other names, such as explanatory writing, ​

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writing, or exposition. They all aim to impart information to the reader, and are therefore all informative writing.

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inform

new

expository

Categorize

Options (8)

newspaper article

encyclopedia

essay

nonfiction book

websites

apps

tv shows

potatoes

Organize these options into the right categories

Informative Writing

Others

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Informative writing needs to be ​

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. When you create something that purpose is to give knowledge the knowledge itself needs to be ​

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. Academic texts, for instance, are often researched and referenced before being given out. This shows that the author has checked through the work for accuracy. As a feature of informative writing it is the most important. People who write factual information are often seen as having a sense of authority over the topic, and trustworthy ​

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This is why you will often see cookbooks written by chefs, or workout plans made by personal trainers - you wouldn’t accept advice on how to make ice cream from a politician.

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factual

correct

expertise.

Poll

What type of writing do you think Informative Writing should use?

• formal

• informal

• I don't know, I am a potato🥔

​Some Text Features of Informative Writing

• Table of contents

• Headings

• Fonts (bold, italic, etc.)

• Illustrations

• Diagrams

• Photographs

• Glossary (vocab list)

Poll

Do you think you should give personal, biased opinions in informative writing?

• Yes

• No

• Unsure

• A potato will always potate

Labelling

Label the following Text Features

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Font (italics)

Heading

Glossary

illustration

Diagram

Draw

How are you feeling so far?

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of Informative Writing?

• To provide information or educate the reader
• To confuse the reader
• To entertain the reader

• To persuade the reader in agreeing with the author

Open Ended

What did you learn about Informative Writing?