Informative Writing Teaching Resources for Year 6
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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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NAPLAN-Style Assessment Rubric - Procedural Writing
A NAPLAN-style rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' procedural writing.
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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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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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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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Paralympic Athlete Brochure Template
Develop your students' research and biography writing skills with our dynamic sports brochure template.
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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!
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Let's Get Factual!
A 60 minute lesson to introduce the purpose and types of informative texts to students.
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Fact or Opinion?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Research Skills - Note Taking
A 60 minute lesson in which students will take appropriate notes from an informative text.
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Using A Fact File - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a fact file and scaffolding sheet to write an informative text in pairs.
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Informative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.
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Informative Paragraph Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the correct paragraph structure for informative writing.