Teach the Features of an Information Text

If you’re about to embark on an informational writing unit with your students, don’t start until you have checked out this report writing teaching presentation from Teach Starter!

This 16-slide teaching presentation will help you explain all the fundamental features of an information report to your students. The slideshow contains various examples of information texts for you to read and analyze with your class, as well as several review activities to make sure your students are grasping the concepts presented. Links to additional Teach Starter resources are also included in the presentation.

By engaging with this resource, your students will be writing detailed information texts in no time!

Features of This Informational Writing PowerPoint

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

• What are informational texts?
• Informational text structure
• T-Rex informational text 
• Water informational text
• Informational report language 
• Show what you know activities

Download to Explore the Features of Information Texts

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!

Resources to Complement This Information Text PowerPoint

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