Informative Writing Teaching Resources
Informative texts educate the reader about a particular subject using facts. This collection of informative writing teaching resources includes a wide range of PowerPoint presentations, unit and lesson plans, educational posters, worksheets and information sheets to assist you in teaching the appropriate structure, language features and the correct use of facts in an informative text.
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Biography Brochure Template
A brochure template to use when writing biographies.
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Natural Disasters Inquiry Task - Newspaper Report
Use our 3-page graphic organiser to research and report on a significant natural disaster from the last 100 years.
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Explanation Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet that can be used to write an explanation text.
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How Do Rocks Form? – Explanation Text Structure Sorting Task
A sorting task to help students learn about the structure of an explanation text.
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Biography Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the biography text type, including an annotated example.
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How to Make a Paper Plane – Procedural Writing Worksheet
Explore how to make a paper plane while your students fine-tune their procedural writing skills.
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Topic Sentence Starter Cards
A pack of 32 narrative, persuasive and report writing sentence starter cards.
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Elephants Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about elephants with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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Informative Paragraph Starters - Topic Sentence Cards
20 topic sentences to be used at the beginning of an informative paragraph.
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Procedural Writing Templates – "How to" Prompts
Get your students to write procedural texts with this set of differentiated procedure writing prompt templates.
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Biography Template
Guide your students with this Biography Template.
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Procedural Writing Graphic Organisers
Get your students to write procedural texts with this set of 10 differentiated graphic organisers.
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The Evolution of Technology - Research Project
Explores the evolution of technology over time with a handy research project.
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Biography Writing Checklist – Structure, Language and Features
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their biography writing.
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Explanation Text Research Template
A research template for students to use when writing an explanation text.
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"Simon Says" Instruction Cards
A set of 24 instruction cards to use when playing "Simon Says".
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Writing Biographical Texts PowerPoint
A 29 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching older students about the structure and language features of biographical texts.
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The Moon Landing - Historical Recount Structure Sorting Task
A sorting task to help students learn about the structure of a historical recount.
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How to Make A Jam Sandwich – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing by exploring how to make a jam sandwich!
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How to Build a Sandcastle – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging, hands-on sandcastle craft activity to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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Bowerbird Fact File and Research Project
Research the amazing bird that is the Bowerbird with this fact sheet and research templates ready to go.
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Explanation Writing Word Wall
A set of 27 vocabulary words related to explanation writing.
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Biography Timeline Template
Use this multipurpose timeline template for a variety of assignments, projects, and more!
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Biography Sentence Starters
Biographies can be interesting and fun to write... with a little bit of inspiration and help to get them started!
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Biography Writing Bump It Up Wall
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their biography writing.
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Informative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 4
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their informative writing.
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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric – Biographical Texts
Use this NAPLAN-style rubric to assess students’ biography writing as you prepare students for Year 5 tests.
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How To Make A Sandwich – Procedural Writing Activity
Get your students writing a procedure for their favourite sandwich with this example procedure text and writing scaffold.
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Eagles Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold
Support your students in writing an information report about eagles with this fact file and writing scaffold.
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My Animal – Digital Report Writing Activity
Get your students to write an information report on an animal using this digital writing scaffold perfect for modelled and shared writing.
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How to Grow A Sunflower – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this printable sunflower craft template to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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Procedural Writing Prompt Task Cards
Need some procedural writing ideas? Download these task cards to use as a writing activity during your procedure writing unit.