Informational Writing: Big Cats
Overview
This informational writing and publishing workshop will open students’ eyes to the incredible world of big cats and challenge them to present information in a fun and engaging way. Students will each research and write about a category of facts and collectively produce a guide that highlights the most amazing and bizarre facts about tigers, leopards, cheetahs, cougars, and more!
Learning objectives
Specific to this workshop:
- Primary focus on research and informational writing
- Identify reliable sources and gather information on specific research questions
- Learn to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant details
- Take concise notes from multiple sources
- Write up notes into logical paragraphs, using own words
- Use and consistently maintain a factual tone
- Consider the purpose and use of labelled diagrams
- Find and incorporate fun facts to engage the reader
- Reference sources and create a bibliography
- Be introduced to ECP process of writing, revising and publishing
- Improve writing skills through individualised feedback from the teacher
- Practise proofreading and editing skills
- Develop critical thinking and collaboration skills through a workshop environment
- Learn to look at own work critically and consider how to improve it
- Learn to be open to and respond to constructive feedback
- Gain confidence as a writer by writing and publishing writing in a booklet for a real audience
Skill-Building
For children aged
8 to 10
