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Informative Writing Introduction

A community garden is making a display for visitors. Your job is to explore how informative writing works, then plan a short, fact-focused text of your own. Read the passage and complete each task.

Read: A garden that saves water

Rain gardens help manage rainwater in towns and cities. They are shallow planted areas that collect water flowing from hard surfaces such as roofs and paths. Instead of rushing into drains, some of the water soaks into the soil. A rain garden is often planted with grasses and other plants that can cope with both wet and dry conditions. Their roots help hold the soil in place. The garden can also trap some dirt carried by rainwater before that water reaches local waterways. Rain gardens need careful planning. They should be placed where water can flow into them, but not where it could damage buildings. Choosing suitable plants and allowing enough space for water to soak away are also important. A rain garden is not a pond: it should drain after rain.

1.What is the main purpose of an informative text? Choose the best answer.

To tell an invented adventure
To explain a subject using clear information
To convince readers to agree with an opinion
To share a private diary entry

2.Find two facts from the passage that explain what rain gardens do. Write them in your own words.

3.Which sentence would best introduce an informative paragraph about rain gardens?

Rain gardens are useful planted areas that help manage rainwater.
I think rain gardens are the prettiest gardens ever!
One rainy night, a garden began to talk.
Everyone should build a rain garden right now.

4.The passage has three parts. Match each part to its main idea.

Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3

Planning and placement
How rain gardens collect and absorb water
Plants and benefits of a rain garden

5.Choose the more informative sentence. Then explain why it suits an information text.

A. Rain gardens are planted areas that collect rainwater.

B. Rain gardens are amazing and everyone will love them!

6.Complete the sentence using a word from the box: facts · beliefs · guesses Informative writing presents .

7.Complete the sentence using a word from the box: facts · paragraphs · opinion Informative writing is organised into .

8.Complete the sentence using a word from the box: opinion · estimate · prediction Informative writing does not rely only on the writer’s .

9.Rewrite this opinion as a factual sentence: “Rain gardens are the best idea ever because they look fantastic!” Use a detail from the passage if you can.

10.True or false? A rain garden should remain full of water like a pond.

TrueFalse

Plan your own informative text

Choose a topic you know enough about to explain: an animal, sport, hobby, place or everyday process. Use the organiser to plan a short informative text. Focus each paragraph on one main idea and use facts rather than personal opinions.

11.Write your topic and the question your text will answer. Example: Topic—magpies; Question—How do magpies care for their young?

12.Plan one informative paragraph. Write a topic sentence, two relevant facts, and a closing sentence. The facts may come from what you already know; do not invent statistics.