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Informative Texts - Stage 3: Videos and Clips

This guide has been created to support the Year 6 Informative Writing program

Informative Writing - Introduction

This video is a good introduction to what informative texts are and how they differ to other text types. It was uploaded to YouTube by subscriber 'Mr S - Upper Elementary' and does have links to complementary resources on Teachers Pay Teachers (these are not essential). The link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on videos.

3 minutes, 35 seconds

Informative Text - Introduction Paragraph

This video explores the purpose of the introduction paragraph and different methods/strategies for writing an engaging introduction paragraph. It was uploaded to YouTube by subscriber 'Mr S - Upper Elementary' and does have links to complementary resources on Teachers Pay Teachers (these are not essential). The link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on videos.

5 minutes, 47 seconds

Informational Writing

This video outlines the purpose, features and conventions of informational writing. It was uploaded to YouTube by subscriber Sara Wilcox but the link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on videos.

Informative Texts - Choosing a Topic

This video focuses on choosing a topic when writing an Informative text. It was uploaded to YouTube by subscriber 'Mr S - Upper Elementary' but who does have links to writing and planning templates on Teachers Pay Teachers. (These are not essential). The link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on advertising.

3 minutes, 13 seconds.

Writing Sub-Topic Paragraphs

This video focuses on taking the information that has been gathered and then writing sub-topic paragraphs.  It was uploaded to YouTube by subscriber 'Mr S - Upper Elementary' and does have links to complementary resources on Teachers Pay Teachers (these are not essential). The link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on videos.

Gathering Information

This video focuses on how to gather information for an informative text. It was uploaded to YouTube by 'Mr S - Upper Elementary' and he does have related templates on Teachers Pay Teachers (they are not essential). This link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on videos.

Informative Writing - Conclusion Paragraph

This video outlines the process of writing a strong concluding paragraph for an informative text. It was uploaded to YouTube by subscriber 'Mr S - Upper Elementary' and does have links to complementary resources on Teachers Pay Teachers (these are not essential). The link has been modified using ViewPure to avoid YouTube advertising and run on videos.