Informative Writing

Thinking Caps???

Do you have any idea what this is? What is it trying to do?

Thinking Caps???

Have you ever read anything that gives you information on the topic?

Informative Writing

First Draft Demo Lesson for Grade 1-2

START

Index

Learning Objectives

Lesson

Thinking Caps

Uses

Writing Route

What is it?

Hook

Pre-Writing

Format

Closing Sentence

Topic Sentence

Informative Writing

Quiz

Assignment

Thank You!!!

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:-Identify the purpose of an informative/explanatory paragraph. -Organize thoughts and ideas for prewriting. -Write an informative/explanatory paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting details.

What is Informative Writing?

• Writing that presents factual information about a subject.
• Writing that provides information to the reader!
• The purpose is to inform, clarify, explain, define, or instruct by giving information, explaining why or how, clarifying a process, or defining a concept.

Uses of Informative Writing

Instruction Articles

Facts Picture Book

Reports

Recipe

Biography

Newspaper

Route to Writing an informative Paragraph

Choosing an Idea

Choosing an Idea

Fish

Penguin

Eats worms???Lives in water

Fish Lives in snow areas

Tiger

Eats meat Lives in forest Large cats with unique stripes

Brainstrorming Ideas

Fact

Fact

Topic:

Fact

Fact

Fact

Brainstrorming Ideas

Physical traits

• Largest cat
• Up to 700 pounds
• 6 feet long
• Orange + Black stripes

Fun Facts

• No two tigers’ stripes are alike
• Roar heard for 2 miles

Food

• Deer
• Antelope
• Buffalo
• Turtles, frogs

Tigers

Habits

• Hunt at night
• Good swimmer
• Lay in water to cool off

Habitat

• Lives in hot as well as cold places

• Always live near water

Format

What is a Sentence Hook?

A hook is an opening statement (which is usually the first sentence) in an essay that attempts to grab the reader's attention so that they want to read on.

-Begin by asking a question or riddle. Eg: What is orange and black, weighs up to 700 pounds and can be heard from two miles away? -Begin with an amazing or surprising fact. Eg: Your fingerprints and a tiger’s stripes have something in common. They are unique. There are no two alike! -Begin with a funny or interesting comment. Eg: The biggest cat in the world is not Grumpy Cat! The world’s biggest cats are tigers!”

What is Topic Sentence?

- A topic sentence tells the readers what the paragraph is about. - It should not describe what you are going to write in the paragraph. - It should be 1-2 sentences long.

Eg: There are many interesting facts about their physical traits, their habitats, their diet and their habits. Eg: In this paragraph, we are going to talk about their physical traits, their habitats, their diet and their habits.

What is Closing Sentence?

-The concluding sentence is the last sentence in a paragraph. Its job is to summarize the main idea of the paragraph. - It should be 1-2 sentences long.

Words that can be used: Therefore, To conclude, In conclusion, Thus, For this reason Eg: To conclude, tigers are not just pretty cats. They are amazing animals.

Hamburger Pre-Writing

Hamburger Pre-Writing

Where should you put what?

Final

Assignment

Write an informative paragraph on any topic using the format we have learnt today.

QUIZ

Let us recall!!!

Recall what we have done today!!!

question 1/5

What is informative writing used for?

To entertain people

To convince people

To inform people

QUESTION 2/5

Where is informative writing used?

All of the above

Newspaper

Recipes

QUESTION 3/5

What is the first step in writing a informative paragraph?

Organizing

Brainstorming

Choosing a topic

QUESTION 4/5

What comes first when we start writing the paragraph?

Evidence 1

Hook

None of the above

QUESTION 5/5

The _________ comes in the end of the paragraph.

Hook

Closing Sentence

Topic Sentence

Congratulations!

play again

4-5 Excellent!! 2-3 Good Job!! 0-1 Work Hard!!!

OH NO!

Wrong answer

Thanks!How did you do???