Write an Elephant Information Report

Experienced teachers understand that scaffolding is essential for success when teaching students to write a new type of text. 

This scaffolded writing activity, crafted by our expert teaching team, aims to assist your students in composing an expository text about elephants. The activity guides students in transforming dot points from a fact file into full sentences, which they then use to construct a comprehensive report. Encourage students to include any additional relevant information they know about elephants in their report.

The fact file contains the following information about elephants:

• Classification
• Size and Appearance
• Habitat and Lifestyle
• Diet and Eating Habits

The resource download includes:

• Fact file
• Writing sentences from dot points worksheet
• Report writing scaffold

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)

Teach the Skills for Writing an Information Report

This informative writing activity has been designed by our experienced teacher team to teach your students the skills they need to write a well-structured information report. 

1. Writing Sentences from Notes—The ability to write complete sentences from research notes is a vital skill when writing an information report. This resource allows students to practice writing clear and concise sentences from the provided dot points.
2. Categorization – In an information report, related ideas are placed together in paragraphs. This resource teaches students this important skill as they group like information together, e.g. appearance, lifestyle, diet.
3. Using a Writing Scaffold – The scaffold included in this resource teaches students the structural components of a factual report and helps them organize their ideas according to these conventions.

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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