Informative Essay (aka Explanatory Essay) Writing Unit includes everything you need to help students grasp the concept of informational writing, the structure and organization of an Informative/Explanatory Essay, sample essays for peer-editing practice, rubrics, notes, and more! Designed for middle or high school students. Includes Teacher Notes/Instructions, Notes on the elements of an Informative Essay, handouts on the organization and structure, writing a Compare/Contrast Thesis, a Peer-Editing Checklist, Rubrics, 6 sample Informative/Explanatory Essays for evaluation, and more. Includes both PRINTABLE and DIGITAL VERSIONS for Distance Learning and In-Person Classrooms.
This unit for teaching Explanatory/Informative Essays includes:
✴️ Lecture Notes and Handouts on the Elements of Informative/Explanatory Essays
✴️ Graphic Organizers to help students learn the structure and set up to organize their own Informative/Explanatory Essay
✴️ Notes on writing Explanatory/Informative Thesis Statements
✴️ How to Evaluate Informative/Explanatory Essays with hands-on student activity
✴️ Informative/Explanatory Essay Peer Editing Checklist
✴️ Informative/Explanatory Essay Rubric for formal assessment
✴️ Teacher's Notes on Informative/Explanatory Essay Evaluation
✴️ Peer-Editing Checklist
✴️ General Essay Rubric
✴️ Informative/Explanatory Rubric
✴️ 6 Sample Student Informative/Explanatory Essays (for individual, small group or whole-class evaluation)