Write an Expository Text About Gemstones

Get your students to write a detailed and well-structured expository text about gemstones using this fact file and set of scaffolding worksheets.

The fact file contains the following information about gemstones:

• What are they?
• What do they look like?
• How do they work?
• How valuable are they?

This resource downloads as a:

• Full-color PDF
• Black-and-white PDF
• Google Slides (containing both a color and a black-and-white fact file)

The Ultimate Report Writing Scaffold

This report writing resource contains everything your students will need to write a well-structured expository text about gemstones. In the download, you will find:

1. Gemstones Fact File – This provides students with some basic information about gemstones that they can use as a starting point for their information report.
2. Dot Points to Sentences Worksheet – Using this worksheet, students can practice the important skill of turning the dot point notes from the fact file into complete sentences. Students should be encouraged to make these sentences more sophisticated by adding subject-specific vocabulary and descriptive words such as adjectives and adverbs.
3. Report Writing Scaffold – By providing subheadings with explanations, this worksheet will support and guide your students as they write their report about gemstones by building on the sentences they have written on the previous worksheet.

Download to Teach Expository Writing

Use the dropdown menu on the Download button above to access your preferred version of this resource. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides template before accessing it.)

Keen to save paper? Why not project the fact files on your interactive whiteboard rather than making copies for students? The environment will thank you for it!

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