Informative/Explanatory

Resources to Teach the Informative/Explanatory Writing Genre

Create authors that can inform, describe, or explain in their writing at four developmental writing levels. Informative/Explanatory Writing Lessons model the writing process and give students practice with the structure and language of a text type. The Informative/Explanatory genre covers a variety of text types, such as autobiography, biography, descriptive, essay, experiment, informational report, how to, and more.

Biography

  • Lesson Plan

Student Resources and Teacher Rubric
  • Beginning
  • Early Developing
  • Developing
  • Fluent

Descriptive

  • Lesson Plan

Student Resources and Teacher Rubric
  • Beginning
  • Early Developing
  • Developing
  • Fluent

Essay: Compare And Contrast

  • Lesson Plan

Student Resources and Teacher Rubric
  • Beginning
  • Early Developing
  • Developing
  • Fluent

Experiment

  • Lesson Plan

Student Resources and Teacher Rubric
  • Beginning
  • Early Developing
  • Developing
  • Fluent

How To

  • Lesson Plan

Student Resources and Teacher Rubric
  • Beginning
  • Early Developing
  • Developing
  • Fluent

Informational Report

  • Lesson Plan

Student Resources and Teacher Rubric
  • Beginning
  • Early Developing
  • Developing
  • Fluent