2nd Grade Language Arts
Informational
Types of Writing
With informational writing, you are trying to inform or educate the reader.
This type of writing includes facts and statistics in order to tell someone about a topic. This is useful for communicating information and explaining.
How to Write Informatively!
1) Introduce your topic with a hook (grab the reader's attention so that they want to read your writing)
This can be with a fact, a description, a question, etc.
2) Make sure to include facts and statistics into your writing (do research)
3) Explain your facts with supporting details!
4) Make a conclusion (restate your points or give a broader application for your topic)
Look at these examples of informative writing!
Can you guess what each page is about? Click the dropdown arrow to see if you are right!
Example #1
Example #2
Example #3
What is Example #1 about?
Honeybees!
What is Example #2 about?
Birds!
What's Example #3 about?
Ballerinas!
Try it Yourself!
Use these prompts to write your own informational paragraph(s), or find a subject you are interested in/care about and write about that!
Write about your favorite hobby/activity!
Write about your favorite animal!
Write about your favorite place in the world!
Write about your favorite superhero!
Write about your favorite book, movie, or game!
Write about a sport you like, an athlete you look up to, or the plants that grow near hour house!