Informational Reports

What is the purpose of an informational report?

• to give facts
• to teach people something
• to provide details
• all answers are correct

An informational report does not need any facts.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an informational report?

• a story about the time i jumped off the high dive

• all about the life of President Theodore Roosevelt

• a thank you note to your teacher

• a story about going to the mall with grandma

The facts in your informational report should be:

• False.
• True and able to be proven.
• True and unable to be proven.
• Your own ideas.

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Select all of the informational texts.

• a piece about the Mississippi River

• a report about the very first airplane

• an essay about why you think soccer is the best sport

• a recipe for banana nut muffins

• a report about the Sanderson sisters

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It is not important to follow the writing process when writing an informational report.

• True

• False

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Which of the following is an informational report?

• a piece about the first Thanksgiving

• a journal from your last camping trip

• a piece about the time you fell from a tree and broke your arm

• a piece about why everyone should read the book Wonder.

• a story about a black cat that can talk

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A informational report includes facts and does not include the opinion or views of the writer.

• True

• False

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Select all of the informational texts.

• a report about the sinking of the Titanic

• an essay about Michael Jordan's basketball career

• a letter to your principal asking him to start a school recycling program

• a piece about how plants make their own food.

• a poem about three witches

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Is it an informational report?

• a list of books that you want to read over break

• an article about the rock cycle

• a piece about the time you rode a huge roller coaster

• a report about the different types of clouds

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