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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Procedural Writing Checklists
Use these procedural writing checklists when teaching your students how to editing their procedure texts.
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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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"Simon Says" Instruction Cards
A set of 24 instruction cards to use when playing "Simon Says".
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Explanation Text Poster Pack
Use this Explanation Text poster set with your students to clearly show the structure and text elements of an explanation text.
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Write a Biography Project
Engage students in an enriching biography project that guides them through researching and writing about a famous person.
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Natural Disaster Explanation Writing Project
Get your students producing high-quality writing with this fully scaffolded natural disaster explanation writing project, where students research, organise and publish an explanation text about a natural disaster.
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Natural Disaster Information Report – Research Template
Download this natural disaster information report template to use when teaching informative writing to primary students.
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Factual Recount Text Type Poster With Annotations
Display this Factual Recount text with annotations to help students identify the structure of this type of text.
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Procedural Writing Posters
Display this set of 5 procedural writing posters in your classroom during your procedural writing unit.
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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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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Procedural Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' procedural writing.
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Exploring Procedural Writing Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to write a procedure using this detailed slideshow targeted at lower primary school students.
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Biography Poster Project Cut-Outs
Download this biography poster project containing engaging cut-outs that help students design an eye-catching and informative display about a person of their choice.
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Biography Graphic Organiser Pack
Use this biography graphic organiser pack to simplify the process of planning and presenting biographical information for your students.
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Daily Writing Prompts Calendars - Upper Primary
Inspire your students and encourage them to write regularly with a set of printable Daily Writing Prompts in calendar format.
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Country Report – Mini Book Template
Download this information report template to use when teaching informative writing to primary students.
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Creative Writing Prompt Choice Boards - Lower Primary
Encourage your little learners to write with fun writing prompts for years 1 and 2.
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Explanation Text Type Poster With Annotations
Display this explanation text with annotations to help students identify the structure of an explanation.
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Let's Research! Information Report Templates
Conduct, organise, and display research about books, people, planets, animals, states, and countries with a versatile set of report writing templates.
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Explanation Writing Project – Natural Processes
Get your students producing high-quality explanation writing with this fully scaffolded writing project, where students research, organise and publish an explanation text about a natural process.
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Malala Yousafzai Biography for Students with Worksheets
Introduce young learners to an inspiring changemaker with this Malala Yousafzai biography for students with accompanying worksheets.
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Explanation Text Template
Use this explanation text template to help your students correctly structure their explanatory writing.
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Simple Informative Texts - Writing Scaffold
A simple scaffolding worksheet to use when writing informative texts.
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How To Make Pancakes – Procedural Writing Activity
Get your students writing a procedure for their favourite breakfast foods with this example procedure text and writing scaffold.
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How to Carve a Pumpkin - Concertina Craft
Get crafty and inspire potential pumpkin carvers to write with a “How to Carve a Pumpkin” Concertina Craft.
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Exploring Simple Explanations PowerPoint
Use this Exploring Simple Explanations PowerPoint to teach your students about what explanation texts are, why they are written, and how they are structured.
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Topic Sentence Starter Examples Slideshow
Spark creativity with this topic sentence starter examples slideshow that provides your students with writing prompts across three writing genres.
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Digital Biography PowerPoint Template
Download this biography PowerPoint template, which helps students research and present facts about an influential person in a structured digital book.
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"How To" Procedural Writing Prompt Worksheets
Help your little learners write a procedural text using these handy "How to" writing prompt worksheets.
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Genre of the Month - Writing Prompt Grids (Upper)
Introduce your students to a variety of writing genres with our printable genre-specific writing prompt grids.
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Animal Information Report Cloze Worksheets
Get your students to write a simple information report on an animal with this set of structured templates.
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How to Make a Salad – Procedural Writing Craftivity
Use this engaging craft activity on making a salad to teach your students all they need to know about procedural writing!
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