How Do You Write an Information Report?

Good question! If you’re embarking on an informational writing unit with your students and are looking for a comprehensive resource to teach your students about the purpose, structure and language features of informational texts, then this slide deck is for you!

This teaching presentation comprises 17 slides designed to teach your students the fundamentals of informational writing. Within the slides, you’ll find detailed explanations of the purpose, structural components and language characteristics of information texts. The presentation also includes examples of information texts, providing opportunities for analysis and discussion with your class. To ensure student comprehension, the slideshow incorporates several review activities that can be completed as a whole class, in small groups or independently. Supplementary resources from Teach Starter are linked within the presentation to further enrich your students’ understanding of the informative genre.

By engaging with this resource, your students will be able to identify the structural elements and language features of informational texts that work together to achieve the text’s purpose.

Features of This Information Report PowerPoint

This PowerPoint is jam-packed with information and activities to help your students learn all there is to know about reports. Some of the slides include:

• What are informational texts?
• Informational text structure
• Turtles informational text
• Owls informational text
• Informational report language 
• Show what you know activities

Download This Information Report PowerPoint

This slideshow downloads as a Google Slides presentation. Use the Download button to access this file. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides presentation before accessing it.)

Project the resource onto your screen and work through the slides as a class for a paperless writing lesson!

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