Informative Essay Writing Review Notes PowerPoint

This is a simple, smooth review of informative essay writing skills, structure and tips. This review PowerPoint is best implemented as direct lecture-based instruction while students take notes. This PowerPoint will take 1-2 class periods to complete, based on the length of your class periods and learning levels of your students.

Personally, I recommend this for the ninth and tenth-grade remedial, standard, and honors levels, and any middle school level. I would not recommend this PowerPoint for grades above tenth or the Advanced Placement level. This is a review PowerPoint, and your highly advanced students may find it to be too simple. This review will be tremendously helpful for lower-level learners, ELL students, or students who find essay writing to be challenging.

Concepts reviewed:

• Informative writing
• Essay structure
• Introduction paragraphs
• Body paragraphs
• Conclusion paragraphs
• Focus, unity and cohesion
• Structure
• Transitional phrases
• Sensory details
• Vivid descriptions
• Figurative language
• Choosing a topic
• Choosing a direction
• Constructing a thesis statement
• First sentences, hooks and openers
• Supporting sentences
• Evidence and elaboration
• Conclusion paragraphs
• Summarizing
• Proofreading
• Revision

I look forward to hearing about your experience with this resource and how it went for your students. Please post a review for this product if you enjoyed using it! Thank you.

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