Layout and Formatting in Informational Writing · seed 1 · A4, ink-friendly. The answer key prints on its own page for grown-ups.
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Guiding Your Reader with Layout

English · Writing Composition · ages 10-11
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Which layout feature helps a reader find 'Feeding your hamster' in a longer guide?

    • A heading naming the guide's feeding section
    • A title naming the whole hamster guide
    • A caption naming a hamster photograph

  2. For a supply list, Lena changes 'Bring glue and tape' into:

    - Glue

    - Tape

    This keeps both supplies and gives each its own marked entry.

    Circle one:   True   False

  3. Readers want to compare three cars' top speeds by finding the speed in the same place for each car. Which layout best supports that?

    • A paragraph describing each car's speed.
    • A table aligning car names and top speeds.
    • A bullet list putting every speed in one entry.

  4. Each hyphen below marks a bullet-point entry. 'Packing list' is the heading.

    Packing list

    - Coat

    - Bottle

    - Map

    How many bullet-point entries are there?

    Answer: ______________

  5. Priya's shark table has headers 'Shark', 'Size', '?' and 'Habitat'. Entries under '?' describe each shark's food. Which header belongs there?

    • Swimming speed
    • Shark food
    • Shark habitat

  6. A guide has a main section called 'Weather'. Inside it are smaller parts about types, causes and effects. Which layout shows this relationship?

    • Weather, types, causes and effects as four main headings.
    • Types as the main heading; Weather and effects as sub-headings.
    • Weather as the main heading; types, causes and effects as sub-headings.

  7. A table has headers Country, Population, Area. A row for the imaginary country Elm reads: Elm | 800 km² | 20,000 people. Population counts people; area measures surface size. Which repair matches facts to headers?

    • Swap the population and area entries.
    • Swap the Country and Area headers.
    • Move both numbers into the Country column.

  8. A trip leaflet has a Journey paragraph and supplies: boots, lunch and a torch. Plan two page columns headed Journey on the left and Supplies on the right. Keep each topic together and each supply easy to scan. Which plan fits?

    • Left: Journey mixed with the boots entry. Right: separate bullets for lunch and the torch.
    • Left: all supplies in one bullet. Right: the whole Journey paragraph.
    • Left: the whole Journey paragraph. Right: a separate bullet point for each supply.
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Guiding Your Reader with Layout W1-mt_AHAFw-atka-s1

  1. A heading naming the guide's feeding section · The section heading identifies where feeding information belongs. The guide title covers the whole guide, and a caption identifies a picture.
  2. True · Both supplies remain. Glue and tape now have separate marked entries that readers can scan.
  3. A table aligning car names and top speeds. · A table aligns each car's speed under the same header. The other layouts can include the facts but do not provide matching table positions.
  4. 3 · Coat, Bottle and Map are three marked entries. The heading is not an entry.
  5. Shark food · Shark food names the kind of information in the column. Speed and habitat describe different facts.
  6. Weather as the main heading; types, causes and effects as sub-headings. · Weather names the main section. Types, causes and effects are smaller parts within it, so they use sub-headings.
  7. Swap the population and area entries. · Put 20,000 people under Population and 800 km² under Area. Keep Elm under Country.
  8. Left: the whole Journey paragraph. Right: a separate bullet point for each supply. · Keep the Journey paragraph in its column. Put boots, lunch and the torch in separate entries under Supplies.
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