A writing activity to help students construct an informative text based on factual information.
Use this teaching resource when teaching informative writing to your students.
Students read the information on the fact file about gemstones.
Using the worksheet provided, students turn the dot point notes from the fact file into full sentences.
Students then use these sentences to write an informative text about gemstones, using the scaffold provided.
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Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts containing key information and supporting details for a widening range of audiences, demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience
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