Teaching Resource

Informative Texts Writing Task - Gemstones

In English ... Writing

PDF | 4 pages|Grades: 3 - 6

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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NSW Curriculum alignment

EN2-2A
Plans, composes and reviews a range of texts that are more demanding in terms of topic, audience and language
In English Stage 2 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing
EN3-2A
Composes, edits and presents well-structured and coherent texts
In English Stage 3 A. Communicate through speaking, listening, reading, writing, viewing and representing

Victorian Curriculum alignment

VCELY266
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
In English Level 3 Writing Literacy
VCELY299
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
In English Level 4 Writing Literacy
VCELY329
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
In English Level 5 Writing Literacy
VCELY358
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
In English Level 6 Writing Literacy

Australian Curriculum alignment

ACELY1682
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 purposeElaborationsusing pri...
In English Year 3 Literacy Creating texts
ACELY1694
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 featuresElaborationsusing re...
In English Year 4 Literacy Creating texts
ACELY1704
Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audienceElaborationsusing research from print and digital resources t...
In English Year 5 Literacy Creating texts
ACELY1714
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 audienceElaborationscreating informative texts for two ...
In English Year 6 Literacy Creating texts

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