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What Is Informative Writing?

Informative Writing: Teaching Others

Day 61of 180
Week 13of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the purpose of informative writing

2

Distinguish between opinion and fact

3

Learn how writing can teach others

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 1:5

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding will attain to wise counsel.”

— Proverbs 1:5 (WEB)

Learning and teaching are important ways we grow in knowledge

📦 Materials Needed

  • Topic cards
  • White board/marker
  • Colored pencils
  • Writing paper
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and introduce the concept of teaching through writing. Ask: 'How do we learn new things?'

💭 Review Question: What does it mean to teach someone something?
2Teaching (8 min)

Explain informative writing as a way to share facts and teach others about a topic

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Informative writing tells facts, not just opinions
  • Good writing helps people learn something new
  • We can teach others by sharing what we know
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What topics do you know a lot about?
  • How is telling facts different from telling stories?
  • What makes information interesting?
3Activity: Fact vs. Opinion Sort (8 min)
hands-on

Students sort pre-written cards into fact or opinion groups

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each student a set of mixed fact and opinion statement cards
  2. Have students work in pairs to sort cards
  3. Discuss as a group which items are facts
  4. Circle facts with a green pencil
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Do activity together as whole class

Challenge: Students create their own fact/opinion cards

4Closing (4 min)

Review what we learned about informative writing

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes writing informative?
  • Why are facts important?
  • How can writing teach others?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, help us learn to share information clearly and kindly.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll choose a topic to write about!

💎 Memory Verse

Proverbs 1:5

“A wise man will hear, and will increase learning”

— Proverbs 1:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Hand motions: 'Wise' (tap head), 'Hear' (cup hand to ear), 'Increase' (raise hands upward)

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First grade students are learning the difference between facts and opinions

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use simple, concrete examples
  • Encourage curiosity about learning
  • Model informative talking
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between personal opinions and factual statements

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to identify clear statements of fact

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a class fact book
  • Play 'Guess the Fact' game
  • Draw pictures showing something they know how to do

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