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
The lesson
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.
Watch it
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.