Informative Writing

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English

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6th Grade

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CCSS

L.6.6, RI.4.5, RI.6.1

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Informative Writing

Poll

How confident do you feel in your ability to write an informational essay?

VERY

so so

a little

not at all

Multiple Choice

5 examples of informative writing are:

movies, books, articles, research papers, magazines

research papers, newspaper articles, magazine articles, letters, catalogues

Multiple Choice

What do you never add to an informative essay?

Facts

Opinions

Quotes

Punctuation

Multiple Choice

Do you need evidence and elaboration for an informative essay?

Yes

Maybe

Ask again later

Multiple Choice

What tone should informative writing have?

humorous

melancholy

neutral

sarcastic

Multiple Choice

In an informative writing composition, NEVER SAY I !!!

True

False

Multiple Choice

Why are graphic organisers useful?

They help to organise and structure your ideas.

They look nice.

They are not useful at all.

Thing are a little different for us

We are using Chrome books.
We use Google Docs which automatically saves
We have our worksheets and assignments assigned in Google Classroom

Multiple Choice

What are the three main parts of an essay?

The hook, the topic sentence, and conclusion.

Introduction, Hook, Body

Introduction, Body, Conclusion

Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal.

Multiple Select

An introduction paragraph includes a __________ and a __________ (2 things)

Hook

Thesis

Evidence

Citation

Multiple Choice

In which part of the essay should your hook go?

The body paragraphs.

The introduction.

The conclusion.

The topic sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is a thesis statement?

The statement that is the main idea of an essay.

The statement that introduces each paragraph.

The statement that grabs the reader's attention.

The final statement in an essay.

Multiple Choice

What is a hook?

A hook grabs the reader's attention.

A hook ends the essay.

A hook is the main idea of an essay.

The hook explains what each paragraph is about.

Multiple Choice

You must ____________ your ideas in your body paragraphs, or back them up with details.

summarize

support

paraphrase

plagiarize

transition

Multiple Choice

A formal style and an objective tone will...

show a respectful and professional attitude toward your readers

help readers focus on your ideas

ensure readers take your ideas seriously

all of the above

Multiple Choice

You must ____________ your ideas in your body paragraphs, or back them up with details.

summarize

support

paraphrase

plagiarize

transition

Multiple Choice

Each body paragraph must have ____________ from the texts, or sources, that proves the answer to the question about the text.

conclusions

topics

arguments

evidence

Multiple Select

Text evidence can be ___________ or ___________

paraphrase

direct quote

your opinion

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to include background information in your essay's introduction paragraph?

to grab the reader's attention

to persuade the reader to consider your position

to help the reader understand the topic before you introduce your main points

to convince the reader to agree with your main claim

Multiple Choice

Restates thesis and main points. Tells the importance of the topic.

Concluding paragraph

Introductory paragraph

Body paragraph

Thesis

Multiple Choice

Tells what your evidences MEANS and why it MATTERS for your claim

Elaboration

Evidence

Claim

Transition

Multiple Choice

An essay is....

one paragraph

more than one paragraph about a single topic

more than one paragraph about several topics

one sentence

Multiple Choice

I can write "I know this because" in my essay.

always

sometimes

never

Poll

Do you feel more confident about your ability to write an informational essay now?

yes

I was always confident

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