We love this easy system for getting students to write about an informational topic. After students understand how each graphic organizer is used, then YOU will save time with procedures and allow students to spend more time writing. Follow along to make teaching informative writing easy!
Have students talk with a partner or work independently to decide what the most important part of the topic is in just ten words or less. This is essentially, the “main idea” of an informational text.
Students will brainstorm by writing their top 4 interesting facts on the graphic organizer. This organizer can also be used to write adjectives to describe the topic which is an easy way to differentiate. Grab a FREE graphic organizer right here that can be used with any topic!
Students will use their Get the Gist statement as their opening or closing sentence. Then, students will improve their sentence structure and add details while transferring their work from the previous graphic organizer. We like to offer students two different types of handwriting lines for student preference.
After all of the previous pieces are completed, the students are now ready to write a well-organized paragraph. We love to finish by giving them some time to illustrate the topic.
Send us an e-mail to let us know if you have any questions and remember to download your graphic organizer FREEBIE to use with any informational topic.
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