Informative Writing Teaching Resources for Year 5
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Historical Recount Structure Sorting Task – The Moon Landing
Teach your students about historical recount structure with this cut-and-paste sequencing worksheet.
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Animals Surviving With Sound Research Project
Assign an Animal Sound Research Project to encourage your students to explore how animals use sound to survive in the wild.
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Animals That Adapt - Research Project & Report
Strengthen your students' understanding of conducting research with an Animal Adaptations research project.
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R.A.C.E.S Writing Strategy Checklists & More
Help your students write quality constructed responses with printable R.A.C.E.S. writing checklists.
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Paralympic Athlete Brochure Template
Develop your students' research and biography writing skills with our dynamic sports brochure template.
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Famous Inventors Poster Project - Biography Pennant Banners
Demonstrate learning about the most influential inventors and innovators in history with a fun pennant banner template.
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Informative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 5
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their informative writing.
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Biography Flip Book Template
Create a flipbook that clearly illustrates the most significant aspects of a biography subject.
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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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Explanation Writing Project – Methods of Transport
Get your students producing high-quality explanation writing with this fully scaffolded project, where students research, organise and publish an explanation text about a method of transport.
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Survival Tips Inquiry Task
An inquiry-based assessment task for students to demonstrate their understanding of how vegetation is used across Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a variety of different ways.
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Constructed Response Rubrics - R.A.C.E & R.A.C.E.S
Make marking constructed response writings easy with printable constructed response rubrics.
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R.A.C.E.S. Constructed Response Writing Classroom Display
Help your students write evidence-based responses to text with a printable R.A.C.E.S. Writing Strategy classroom display.
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Australian Paralympic Athletes - Biography Banners
Bring the Paralympic Games to life with this set of Australian Paralympian Biography pennant templates.
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Dia De Los Muertos Word Wall and Informative Writing Stimulus
Learn and use the language of Mexican tradition with a Dia de Los Muertos vocabulary word wall and informational writing prompt.
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King Charles III Biography Planner Flipbook
Research and learn about King Charles III and discover biography writing.
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King Charles III Coronation News Article Project
Become a journalist and report on King Charles III Coronation.
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International Women’s Day Writing - Biography Template
Learn and write about an influential woman in history this International Women’s Day.
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Biography Writing Word Wall
A set of 30 vocabulary words related to biography writing.
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Valentine's Day Informational Writing Pack
Sweeten up your informational writing lessons on Valentine's Day!
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Earth Day Comprehension and Cloze Worksheets
Enhance your students' comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills with this nonfiction Earth Day passage and accompanying activities.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Biography Planner Flip Book
Conduct and organise research about the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with this 8-page flipbook template.
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Schools Around the World – Brochure and Writing Template
A template for students to use to research and write a report on the school system from a different country.
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Musical Act Information Report Planner
An information report planning template focusing on a musical act.
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Interview Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about interviews, including an annotated example.
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Procedural Recount Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the procedural recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Getting to Know You Biography Template
Help your students get to know each other with a Back to School Biography writing activity.
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Picture Writing Prompts
Introducing the perfect picture writing prompts to encourage creative writing in your primary students! Explore 60 visual prompts made just for the primary classroom.
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Writing Informative Texts Unit Plan - Year 5 and Year 6
This English unit addresses the informative text type; specifically, how to write a well-structured informative text.
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Informative Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of informative texts.
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The Missing Mona Lisa – Chapter 3: The Evidence Piles Up!
Chapter 3 introduces the Adventure Agents to the evidence collected so far and requires them to write a newspaper report informing the public that the 'Mona Lisa' has been stolen.
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The Missing Mona Lisa - Chapter 2: I Saw You!
Now it's time for the Adventure Agents to learn some of the main characters and look at their witness statements. They will have the first pieces of this fun puzzle!