Informative Writing Teaching Resources for Key Stage 2 - Lower
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Explanation Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about the explanation text type, including an annotated example.
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"Simon Says" Instruction Cards
A set of 24 instruction cards to use when playing "Simon Says".
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Simple Procedure Texts Writing Scaffold
A one page scaffolding sheet to assist younger students in writing a simple procedure text.
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My Research Project - Pennant Banner
A pennant banner template for students to record biography research.
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Getting to Know You Biography Template
Help your students get to know each other with a Back to School Biography writing activity.
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Writing A Biography Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a biography.
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Writing A Description Text Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a description text.
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Writing An Explanation Text Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of an explanation text.
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Writing A Report Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a report.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Informative Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Writing A Procedure Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a procedural text.
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Developing Procedural Writing Skills PowerPoint - Year 3 and Year 4
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of procedure texts.
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Identifying Procedural Language Worksheets
A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify procedural language.
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Procedure Text Checklist - Structure, Language and Features
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their procedure texts.
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Improving Procedure Texts Worksheets
3 procedure texts for students to rewrite to make them more detailed.
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Procedure Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet which can be used to write a procedure text.
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Sequencing Activity - Tyrannosaurus Rex (Informative Text)
A sequencing task using an informative text.
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Sequencing Activity - Thunderstorms (Informative Text)
A sequencing task using an informative text.
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Biography Sentence Starters
Biographies can be interesting and fun to write... with a little bit of inspiration and help to get them started!
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Biography Timeline Template
Use this multipurpose timeline template for a variety of assignments, projects, and more!
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Explanation Text Research Template
A research template for students to use when writing an explanation text.
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Assessment Rubric - Informative Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' informative writing.
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Factual Texts Types Posters Teaching Resource Pack
A set of posters about the factual text types, including annotated examples for each.
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Research Skills - Note Taking
A 60 minute lesson in which students will take appropriate notes from an informative text.
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Applying Proofreading and Editing Skills
A 60 minute lesson in which students will learn and apply proofreading and editing skills.
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Developing Procedural Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the purpose, structure and language features of the procedure text type.
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Developing Informative Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the informative text type; specifically, how to write a well-structured informative text.
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Using a Stimulus - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write an informative text, using appropriate text structure, language and features.
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Using A Fact File - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use a fact file and scaffolding sheet to write an informative text in pairs.
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Constructing a Paragraph - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will correctly construct an informative paragraph.
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Building a Description Using Facts
A 60 minute lesson in which students will build a description of an animal, person or object using facts.
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Informative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.