Writing Informative Texts

What is the structure of an information report?

• Introduction, series of descriptive paragraphs and conclusion

• Series of descriptive paragraphs , conclusion and introduction

• introduction, conclusion and series of descriptive paragraphs

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the purpose of the Introduction in an information report?

• to give factual information about the the subject

• to summarise the text

• to make a general statement and classify the subject.

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is the purpose of the conclusion ?

• to give an overview of what the text is about

• to describe the subject of the report

• to summarise the text

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

If you are asked to write an informative essay, what do you do?

• Take a stance and support it with evidence

• Write a story about the topic using E123CFR

• Write a paragraph about your opinion on the topic

• Write a detailed report about the topic without your opinion

Write an informative essay about the effects wild animals and humans have on each other when they live in the same area. Use information from the passages in your essay.

• Informative

• Argumentative

The purpose of the description is to …

• write a series of funny paragraphs about the subject

• to introduce what you are writing about

• to summarise the whole text

• to write a series factual paragraphs about the subject

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This is an example of an informative text

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is a thesis statement?

• The statement that is the main idea of an essay.

• The statement that introduces each paragraph.

• The statement that grabs the reader's attention. 

• The final statement in an essay. 

The first paragraph is an ______________________

• Introduction

• Body 1

• Body 2

• Body 3

• Conclusion

Each Body Paragraph should include a

• Claim then text evidence and elaboration

• little to no evidence

• the author's opinion by stating I believe...

• thesis statement