Informative Writing
What is Informative Writing?
Informative writing is writing that teaches the reader about information and facts, and not opinions. The primary purpose of informative/explanatory writing is to increase the understanding of the reader.This type of writing focuses on telling how or why something happened. In informative writing you are the direct source or the expert providing your own personal experience.
Informative writing can include:
It could also focus on:
In order to write informative pieces you should choose a topic that is relevant to you and utilize primary and secondary sources to develop details in your writing. These sources can help to deepen the details in your writing., students must be able to find and choose relevant information from primary and secondary sources, and combine this new information with background knowledge and experiences.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE7W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Informative writing is writing that teaches the reader about information and facts, and not opinions. The primary purpose of informative/explanatory writing is to increase the understanding of the reader.This type of writing focuses on telling how or why something happened. In informative writing you are the direct source or the expert providing your own personal experience.
Informative writing can include:
- Providing new knowledge
- Explaining a process
- Developing a concept
It could also focus on:
- Comparing and Contrasting different types
- Defining
- Detailing parts of a process
- Explaining behaviors or functions
- Explaining Why
In order to write informative pieces you should choose a topic that is relevant to you and utilize primary and secondary sources to develop details in your writing. These sources can help to deepen the details in your writing., students must be able to find and choose relevant information from primary and secondary sources, and combine this new information with background knowledge and experiences.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE7W2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.