teaching resource

Gemstones Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold

Updated: 17 Jul 2024

Support your students in writing an information report about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Years: 3 - 4

Curriculum

VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate <ul> <li>gathering information and ideas about a topic in preparation for writing, which may include information and ideas from online and digital sources</li> <li>researching a topic to prepare an oral or multimodal presentation</li> <li>planning the sequence of ideas and information using techniques such as storyboards or a simple flow chart</li> <li>explaining ideas to a peer when planning a presentation</li> <li>selecting an appropriate text structure for a writing purpose, and sequencing content for clarity and to have an impact on an audience</li> <li>using appropriate simple and compound sentences to express and combine ideas</li> <li>using vocabulary, including topic-specific vocabulary, relevant to the type of text and purpose</li> <li>using digital tools to plan, sequence, compose and edit texts</li> </ul>
VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation <ul> <li>using print and online dictionaries and spellcheck to edit spelling, realising that spellcheck accuracy depends on understanding the word function, for example ‘there’ or ‘their’ and ‘rain’ or ‘reign’</li> <li>checking for correct use of apostrophes for contractions and to indicate possession</li> </ul>
VC2E4LY10

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate <ul> <li>using research to gather ideas for writing and integrating information from a range of sources, which may include those found online</li> <li>selecting text structure and planning how to group ideas into paragraphs to sequence content</li> <li>using topic-specific, precise and varied vocabulary</li> <li>choosing a variety of appropriate words and phrases, including descriptive words and some technical vocabulary, to communicate meaning accurately</li> <li>using grammatical features, including different types of verb groups, noun groups and adverb groups/phrases, for effective descriptions and details according to purpose</li> </ul>
VC2E4LY11

Re-read and edit texts for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure <ul> <li>collaborating with a peer to edit literary texts by sharing feedback about choices made to develop storylines, characters and settings</li> <li>revising written texts to improve the selection of words used to connect ideas and to improve the cohesion of the text</li> </ul>

teaching resource

Gemstones Fact File and Report Writing Scaffold

Updated: 17 Jul 2024

Support your students in writing an information report about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Years: 3 - 4

Support your students in writing an information report about gemstones with this fact file and writing scaffold.

Write an Information Report About Gemstones

Get your students to write a detailed and well-structured information report about gemstones using this fact file and set of scaffolding worksheets.

The fact file contains the following information about gemstones:

What are they?
What do they look like?
How do they work?
How valuable are they?

This resource downloads as a:

Full-colour PDF
Black-and-white PDF
Google Slides (containing both a colour and a black-and-white fact file)

The Ultimate Information Report Scaffold

This information report resource contains everything your students will need to write a well-structured text about gemstones. In the download, you will find:

Gemstones Fact File – This provides students with some basic information about gemstones that they can use as a starting point for their information report.
Dot Points to Sentences Worksheet – Using this worksheet, students can practise the important skill of turning the dot point notes from the fact file into complete sentences. Students should be encouraged to make these sentences more sophisticated by adding subject-specific vocabulary and descriptive words such as adjectives and adverbs.
Report Writing Scaffold – By providing subheadings with explanations, this worksheet will support and guide your students as they write their information report about gemstones by building on the sentences they have written on the previous worksheet.

Download to Teach Information Report Writing

Use the dropdown menu on the Download button above to access your preferred version of this resource. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides template before accessing it.)

Keen to save paper? Why not project the fact files on your interactive whiteboard rather than making copies for students? The environment will thank you for it!

More Informative Writing Prompts for Your Students

Not into gemstones? No problem! Teach Starter has a wide range of informative writing scaffolds you can use in your classroom when teaching this text type.

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Curriculum

VC2E3LY11

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, with ideas grouped in simple paragraphs, using topic-specific and precise vocabulary and multimodal elements as appropriate <ul> <li>gathering information and ideas about a topic in preparation for writing, which may include information and ideas from online and digital sources</li> <li>researching a topic to prepare an oral or multimodal presentation</li> <li>planning the sequence of ideas and information using techniques such as storyboards or a simple flow chart</li> <li>explaining ideas to a peer when planning a presentation</li> <li>selecting an appropriate text structure for a writing purpose, and sequencing content for clarity and to have an impact on an audience</li> <li>using appropriate simple and compound sentences to express and combine ideas</li> <li>using vocabulary, including topic-specific vocabulary, relevant to the type of text and purpose</li> <li>using digital tools to plan, sequence, compose and edit texts</li> </ul>
VC2E3LY12

Re-read and edit texts for meaning, appropriate structure, grammatical choices and punctuation <ul> <li>using print and online dictionaries and spellcheck to edit spelling, realising that spellcheck accuracy depends on understanding the word function, for example ‘there’ or ‘their’ and ‘rain’ or ‘reign’</li> <li>checking for correct use of apostrophes for contractions and to indicate possession</li> </ul>
VC2E4LY10

Create narrative, informative and persuasive texts, written and spoken, using relevant, linked ideas for a range of audiences and using multimodal elements as appropriate <ul> <li>using research to gather ideas for writing and integrating information from a range of sources, which may include those found online</li> <li>selecting text structure and planning how to group ideas into paragraphs to sequence content</li> <li>using topic-specific, precise and varied vocabulary</li> <li>choosing a variety of appropriate words and phrases, including descriptive words and some technical vocabulary, to communicate meaning accurately</li> <li>using grammatical features, including different types of verb groups, noun groups and adverb groups/phrases, for effective descriptions and details according to purpose</li> </ul>
VC2E4LY11

Re-read and edit texts for meaning by adding, deleting or moving words or word groups to improve content and structure <ul> <li>collaborating with a peer to edit literary texts by sharing feedback about choices made to develop storylines, characters and settings</li> <li>revising written texts to improve the selection of words used to connect ideas and to improve the cohesion of the text</li> </ul>

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Dianne Dendle · 8 years ago

Looking forward to using these resources to with my class.
- Stephanie (Teach Starter) · 8 years ago
  
  I hope you really enjoy using these, Dianne. I really enjoyed writing the content and I love the images that our designers created. Hopefully your students will find them engaging, too!