a form of non-fiction writing that provides true and factual information about someone or something

the person responsible for crafting the words that make up a text

expressing your own opinions, ideas or feelings

Generating information about authors to prepare to write an information text

English

Identifying the features of an information text to prepare for writing our own

Planning and writing the introduction of an information text about an author

Planning the first section of an information text about an author

Writing the first section of an information text about an author

Planning the second section of an information text about an author

Writing the second section of an information text about an author

In this unit, pupils learn how to use viewpoint fronted adverbials as sentence starters. In 'Nocturnal Animals: Non-Chronological Report', pupils will build on this by using a variety of sentence starts to make their writing varied. 

In 'The Great Fire of London: Non-Chronological Report', pupils used their knowledge of a real-life event to write a report with the purpose of informing its reader. In this unit, they will build on this by writing about one particular person and their life. 

In this unit, pupils write an information text in three paragraphs about the author Atinuke. Pupils use research as a starting point to write their texts, which will include an introduction, a paragraph about her childhood and a paragraph about her jobs and books.

Atinuke and other authors: information text

What is Atinuke's writing mainly influenced by?

His boarding school was next door to the Cadbury's Chocolate Factory

What inspired Roald Dahl to write 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'?

What job did Ibtihaj Muhammad do before becoming an author?

What does the book 'The Proudest Blue' celebrate?

We learn about many aspects of an author's life

What do we learn from reading information texts about an author?

It tells us who or what the information text is about

What is the purpose of a heading in an information text?

introduces the topic and engages the reader

goes into detail about specific aspects of the topic

provides general information and outlines the text

What does the introduction of an information text do?

It tells you what the whole text is about

It tells you what a particular section of the text is about

Order the following sections to show the structure of an information text about an author.

Starter Quiz

What do we learn from reading information texts about an author?