Creating Information Texts – Year 2

Guide Year 2 students through the complete process of creating an information text. This practical English unit begins with facts, opinions and the purpose of informative writing before modelling report structure, text features, research questions, note-taking, precise vocabulary, drafting and editing.

The editable presentation provides explicit teaching and worked examples. Printable displays and scaffolded worksheets consolidate key ideas, while two hands-on activities ask students to investigate text features and sort statements. Students then apply their learning to a mangrove information report using a focused fact file, writing template and marking rubric.

What’s Included

• 23-slide editable PowerPoint presentation
• 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• 26-page unit plan PDF
• Three classroom displays covering purpose, structure and text features
• Six worksheet sets covering facts, features, diagrams, research, sorting and report writing
• Matching answer pages for fixed-response worksheets
• Text Feature Detective activity and cards
• Fact Sort Challenge with sorting mat, cards and self-check page
• Mangrove Fact File and Write Your Report assessment
• Creating Information Texts marking rubric
• 71-page combined Preview PDF

Learning Focus

• Distinguish facts from opinions
• Recognise information-text structures and features
• Take concise research notes
• Group related facts
• Use precise topic vocabulary
• Draft and revise a short report for clarity and accuracy

Classroom Use

Use the presentation for explicit teaching, displays as classroom references, worksheets for guided or independent practice, activities for collaborative consolidation, and the assessment and rubric for a final information-report task.

File Details

PPTX, PDF and JPG formats. Includes a 26-page unit plan, 23-slide presentation, 22-slide quiz and answer pages.

Please note: This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped. For use by the purchasing educator and their classes. Source files may not be redistributed, resold or shared.