Informative writing examples

See the Seven Steps difference with these informative writing examples!

One of the best ways to learn is to see examples and explore what works in effective writing. In this free Informative Writing Examples collection, you’ll find:

• Before and after examples – Model how to improve a piece of informative writing using Step 2: Sizzling Starts and Step 5: Show, Don’t Tell. Annotations using Seven Steps terminology provide actionable feedback to students.
• Student writing examples – See how students from Carey Baptist Grammar School wrote their camp recounts using the Seven Steps. Model how to use the Seven Steps in informative writing. Can your students identify the techniques used?
• Mentor texts – Show your students examples of the Seven Steps techniques in published texts (e.g. picture books, news articles and science comics) and videos (e.g. news reports and scenes from documentaries). These handy lists are sorted by Step and include notes about how each text/clip demonstrates a particular Seven Steps technique.