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Informative/explanatory writing in the classroom, grades 3–12, by: tiffany rehbein.

Lets explore the importance of teaching informative/explanatory writing in the classroom. Students need to have the ability to clearly convey concepts and information in their writing. This skill is crucial for communication in future careers and life! Download a FREE Informative/Explanatory Writing Kit now!

The Purpose of Informative/Explanatory Writing

The primary purpose of informative/explanatory writing is to increase knowledge. When writing an informative/explanatory text, the writer answers questions of why or how. Informative writing educates the reader by imparting straightforward information on a certain topic. Unlike other types of writing, informative writing does not aim to change the reader's thinking or move the reader to take action.

Download a kit of resources that will help students improve their informative/explanatory writing skills.

Elements of an Informative/Explanatory Essay

A well-written informative essay should include the following elements:

Has an introduction that introduces a topic and grabs the reader's attention

Clearly conveys information and ideas about a topic

Develops a topic with a variety of specific, relevant details, such as facts, examples, quotations, and anecdotes

Clearly organizes ideas and information, using strategies such as compare/contrast, cause/effect, definition, and classification

Uses formatting, graphics, and multimedia, such as hyperlinks when appropriate

Uses precise language and vocabulary appropriate to the topic

Uses appropriate transition words and phrases that clarify the relationship among ideas

Uses a formal style and tone

Ends with a conclusion that summarizes the main points and follows logically from the information presented

Follows the conventions of standard English

This checklist is a great tip sheet for students to keep in their folders! Teachers can access this checklist in the Informative/Explanatory Writing Kit .

Introductions and Conclusions for Informational Writing

Introductions

In many essays, the first paragraph should introduce your topic to readers and include a thesis statement, or claim. A thesis statement is one or two sentences that state your main idea.

A strong introduction also needs to capture the readers’ attention. Students can use one of the following to get readers interested right away:

• Include an unusual fact
• Ask a question
• Include vivid description
• Tell a brief story

Introduction examples for informative/explanatory texts...

WEAK – Money has been important to people throughout history. This paper will describe the history of money and explain why people started using it. It will also describe different types of money.

STRONG – Think of these four things: knives, beads, cows, and whales' teeth. What do they have in common? The answer is that people have used them as money in trades. Through history, different cultures have used some surprising forms of currency.

Conclusions

A good conclusion sums up your main point and restates the these statement in a new way.

Students should use their conclusion to bring your writing to a satisfying finish. Students can use the following strategies to wrap up an essay:

• Summarize key points
• Make a prediction
• Offer an opinion or a suggestion
• Explain the topic's importance

Download a tip sheet for students that outlines strategies for writing introductions and conclusions for informative/explanatory texts!

Transition Words and Phrases for Information Writing

A well-written informational essay uses techniques to build coherence between and within paragraphs. Coherence in writing means that a reader can move easily and clearly from one idea to the next. To achieve coherence, writers use transitions words and phrases. Linking ideas and key information with transition words and phrases will tie one sentence to another and show the connections between ideas.

Below is a tip sheet that lists transition words and phrases that can be used to build coherence between and within paragraphs. Download my Informative/Explanatory Writing Kit to make get the worksheet for your students!

Informative/Explanatory Writing Assignments

There are a number of ways for students to practice writing informative/explanatory texts. Some of my favorite informative writing assignments are:

• Basic Paragraph
• Brochure/Pamphlet

Writing Assignment Idea #1

My Informative/Explanatory Writing Kit includes an informational writing activity worksheet for students! With this informative writing assignment students will write about something they like to make or do. It could be their favorite recipe or craft, a game they like to play or hobby. Using the worksheet, students will write the directions of how to follow the rules, recipe, or steps to create something. In addition to writing about something they like to make/play, students will underline all linking words and draw an illustration!

Below are two additional writing assignments you could assign students to work on their informative writing skills. In addition to looking at the ways your students write informative or explanatory texts, you will also have the chance to check that proper nouns are capitalized properly. What a great way to combine writing and grammar!

Writing Assignment Idea #2

To assess how well your students write informative/explanatory texts, use calendar holidays as a writing topic. For instance, you might ask students to choose their favorite holiday and explain in writing why they like it the best.

To help students choose a holiday for an explanatory essay, you could provide them with a list. Some common holidays follow:

• Thanksgiving
• New Year’s Eve
• Valentine's Day
• St. Patrick's Day
• Fourth of July

Writing Assignment Idea #3

Want to be more creative? You can add a twist to the informative essay and provide your students with some lesser-known days of celebration. This would encourage students to do some research and inform their audience. Here are some possible calendar celebrations students could research and write about:

• Metropolitan Museum of Art Opened in NYC (1872)
• Jackie Robinson Day
• World Fish Migration Day
• National Plush Animal Day
• King Tut Day
• William Shakespeare's Birthday
• Transportation Week
• World Architecture Day

Informative/Explanatory Writing Format

Informative or explanatory writing follows an organized format. Using the anagram INFORM, teachers and students can easily remember the elements of an informative essay . Download a poster to remind your students about the parts of the INFORMative essay! 

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Engage your students in an informational and expository essay unit that will help them learn how to write academically! This explanatory, expository, and informational writing unit includes everything you need to teach informational and explanatory writing to your middle and high school students. Plus, all of the digital and print materials are included!

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This writing unit includes:

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Expository Writing

The “How and Why” of Writing

What is Expository Writing?

• Expository writing is defined as presenting reasons, explanations, or steps in a process
• Informational writing
• An expository essay should follow a logical sequence and have three different main points
• Logic and coherence is the main focus of an expository essay

How is it different ?

• Expository writing does not tell a story
• Expository writing does not persuade a reader but only gives facts and reasons
• Expository writing can also give the steps of a process
• Introduction of an expository should include the main idea and what the essay is about
• The three main reasons supporting this main idea should also be included in the introduction

Expository writing contd.

• Paragraph two should introduce the first reason and give details to support the first reason
• Paragraph three should introduce the second reason and give details to support the second reason
• Paragraph four should introduce the third reason and give details to support the third reason
• The conclusion should re-state all the reasons

Definition of Terms

• Thesis Statement: The main idea of the whole essay
• Transition words: Words such as first, second, as a result, which make transitions easy in the essay.
• Main Ideas: Each paragraph should have a main point or idea
• Supporting Details: Details support the main ideas

Re-Cap:� Expository writing needs:�

• Reasons supporting that topic
• Details supporting the reasons
• A conclusion re-stating the reasons
• Transition words
• Clear, concise, logical and informative language

Topic: How I Would Change the World

• Three ways in which would like to change the world
• Put these three reasons on the bubble sheet

Topic Ideas:

Topic: No more drugs Details: addictive, hurts families, expensive

Cure Cancer

Details: families are split apart, people die, it is a disease which affects all of us

Equality among people/race/religion

Details: examples of race, religion etc.

Stop pollution

Details: water purity, ozone layer, fish die, people have respiratory diseases

Animal Abuse

Details: animal testing , cruelty to animals, elephant poaching

Child Abuse

Details: neglect, physical abuse, verbal abuse

Family Values

Details: immorality, adultery, faithfulness

Details: school grades, make school fun, scores, learn to read and write

Details: gang warfare, drive by shooting, mafia, robberies

World Hunger

Details: India- starving people, Africa, homeless and starving in America

Government Dictators

Details: Hitler, Hussein, Mussolini

• Can be descriptive
• Can be factual
• Can be from personal experience
• Can be anecdotes

Paragraph One �

• Thesis statement
• Background information on your three topics
• I admire friends with great qualities. Three qualities I admire are: loyalty, honesty, a good sense of humor.

Paragraph 2

• Put main idea for paragraph 2 on the outline
• Add your details
• Personal experiences
• Descriptive details-describe experience
• Facts about the topic-
• Short anecdotes

Paragraph 3

• Put your main idea on the outline
• Description of how the topic works itself out
• Examples of the topic

Paragraph 4

• Add your main idea onto your outline
• Personal examples of how the idea has been experienced by you in your life
• Describe how the idea “ looks” or what the person does
• Re-state all of your ideas in your conclusion

What are the qualities of a good friend?

• Keep Secrets
• Sense of Humor
• Doesn’t suck up to you/ (real, authentic person)
• Common interests
• Add your transition words
• To begin with,
• In addition to….,

Introduction

• Now let’s write the introduction together, now that we know what we are writing about.
• 1. Hook- Hook your reader with a question, quote, short anecdote, or personal experience statement

Introduction –contd.

• Write one “background” or informational sentence about each idea you are going to write about-

Thesis Statement

• The thesis statement can be first in the paragraph, last in the paragraph or implied throughout the paragraph
• Example: I would like to change the world by improving the poverty situation in our world, alleviating crime, and helping the homeless.

Editing your essay

• Check that you have all the elements of an expository essay:
• Conclusion that re-states your topic
• Coherence, logic and clearly written

Expository Essay:

There are three different types of expository essays:

1) Essay that is developed with examples and/or facts and statistics

2) Essay that is developed with steps in a process

3) Essay that is in a compare and contrast format

Paragraph 1: Introductory Paragraph

A. Thesis sentence____________________________

B. Background info____________________________

C. Statistics- if relevant__________________________

Paragraph 2: Reason#1 or Process #1 Use a transition word

A. Example/detail #1______________________________

B. Example/detail #2______________________________

C. Example/detail#3_______________________________

Paragraph 3: Reason #2or Process #2 Use a transition word

B. Example/detail#2_______________________________

C. Example/detail #3______________________________

Paragraph 4: Reason #3 or Process #3 Use a transition word

A. Example/detail #1_______________________________

B. Example/detail #2_______________________________

C. Example/detail#3________________________________

Paragraph 5:Conclusion:

Take a reason from each paragraph and RE-STATE it in the conclusion. Add a clincher sentence.

Evaluation:

Do you have a clear logical topic?

Have you introduced your topic in the first paragraph?

Do you have one reason per paragraph?

Do you have three details to support each reason?

Have you used transition words at the beginning of each paragraph?

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