Define Terms in Informative Writing

Begin with Write a Thesis Statement and Topic Sentences and Details. Then pick a planner, such as Cause and Effect Essay Planner, and have students draft the essay from it.

Define 6 terms like erosion and orbit, then add definitions to How a Rainbow Forms. Good informative writing defines hard terms so every reader can follow along. The directions on the page read: Read each science or social studies term and its meaning. Write one sentence that defines the term for a reader. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade informative writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with informative essays. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A topic sentence states the main idea of a paragraph, and every detail supports it. Topic Sentences and Details has students write topic sentences for 4 detail groups, then cross out the one off-topic sentence in each of 4 paragraphs.

Use a point by point plan, one feature at a time, or a block plan, one subject at a time. Compare and Contrast Essay Planner starts with Venn notes on frogs and toads, then plans three body paragraphs.

It is a model for an informative paragraph: a topic sentence as the top bun, facts with explanations in the middle and a closing sentence as the bottom bun. Informative Paragraph Organizer uses it to explain how a volcano forms.