Inverted Pyramid News Story Template

Pair a skill sheet with an essay topic so students apply the skill right away. Use the rubric for self or peer scoring before the final draft.

Turn reporter's notes on a rooftop school weather station into a headline, lead and pyramid order. An answer key is included.

Yes. We made it for 8th Grade informative writing, and it works the same at home or at school. At home a student can print it and keep it with their school work. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

Write a thesis, then plan each main idea with supporting facts and end with a conclusion that restates the thesis. Outline an Informational Article on Bridges has students number each fact they use from a fact bank.

An expert voice is confident and objective. It states facts directly, with precise words and no slang, guesses or I think. Build an Expert Voice in Informational Writing rewrites weak sentences about honeybees.

The inverted pyramid puts the most important facts first, in a lead that answers who, what, when, where and why. Less important details come later. Inverted Pyramid News Story Template works from notes on a school weather station.

4 of the 12 do: the expert voice, bridge outline, PEEL paragraph and news story sheets. The essay topics and planners ask for original writing, and the informative writing rubric can score it.