Writing to inform
Compose informative or explanatory texts using drawing, dictating, or writing that name a topic and supply some information about it
What a learner can do afterwards
- Write or dictate two or three facts about a familiar topic
- Label diagrams or drawings with informative details
- Name a topic and provide relevant details about it
1 · Read
When you write to inform, you teach the reader true facts. First you name your topic, then you tell about it.
Try it together
Mia names her topic: butterflies. She writes two facts: they hatch from eggs, and they grow wings.
Good to know
Pick a topic you know well. Facts must be true, not just guesses.
Name your topic, then share two or three true facts.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
Print a worksheetA4 with an answer key page for grown-ups. No screen, no internet.
Where it sits
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
Then practise
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.