Informative Texts

Match the descriptions of the books to the TYPE of information it is.

• A cook publishes a recipe.

• Procedure - "How To"

• A famous artist writes about his life.

• News or Research

• A scientist writes about pollution

• Autobiography

One more time! Match the descriptions of the books to the TYPE of information it is.

• A journalist writes an update on the war

• News or Research

• Printed instructions to assemble a table

• Procedure - "How To"

• An author writes about President Lincoln

• Memoir or Memory

• The time I survived a plane crash

• Biography

Match the type of "text structure" to its definition!

• This tells how or why something happened

• Compare and Contrast

• Tells events in the order they happened.

• Chronological (Time)

• Explains similarities and difference

• Cause and Effect

Let's continue reading about hurricanes. What structure is used here?

Hurricane "Andrew" grew to the highest level, Category 5. Because of its deadly strength, the state was forced into an emergency. Then, many people died and many homes were ruined.

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Description

What feature of instructive text can we see here?

• diagrams

• step by step format

• Clear heading

• all of these!

What kind of text is this?

• instructive

• informative

What information is being given?

• How to plant seeds

• What a plant cell is made of

• How to make a plant cell

• What an elephant is made of

Which text will contain facts about a topic?

• instructive

• informative

Which kind of text may contain pictures?

• instructive

• informative

Hey there! Mia, Grace, and Olivia are planning to write an article for their school's newsletter. They're debating the primary purpose of writing informative/explanatory texts. Can you help them decide?

• To persuade the reader to adopt a certain viewpoint

• To entertain the reader with fictional stories

• To examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information

• To describe a personal experience in detail

Answer explanation

The primary purpose of writing informative/explanatory texts is to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information.