6.5 Planning and Drafting: Brainstorming for an Invention Article
6.5 Planning and Drafting: Brainstorming for an Invention Article
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Plan and draft a brief article of an invention that has changed people’s lives
Plan and draft a brief article of an invention that has changed people’s lives
In the previous lessons, we learnt that informational texts share real and reliable information to teach and inform readers about a specific topic2. Informational texts also have unique features that make them different from other types of texts.
Have you ever wondered how you could share fascinating facts and knowledge with others? Or perhaps you have been curious about how writers seem to know so much about the world around us. Well, in this lesson, you will explore these questions and start your journey as a young writer of an informational text.
Good writers follow the writing process to write creative text.
It includes five stages: Planning, Drafting, Editing, Revising, Publishing1.
In this lesson, we will focus on the planning and drafting stages of the writing process.
During the planning stage of the writing process, we brainstorm ideas — we put on our thinking caps!
One can easily plan to write an informative article using these three steps:
1. Choose a Topic: Choose a topic related to an invention that has changed people’s lives2.
For instance: television, internet, refrigerator, mobile phones, the ballpoint pen, Google Maps (GPS), Google, YouTube, alarm clock, calculator, or even a calendar.
2. Use a KWHL chart to organise information about your topic before and after learning more about it3.
3. Introduction, Body Paragraph (Facts and Supporting Details) and Closing: Your informational text needs to have these three things. Look at the given example below to see how to plan introduction, body paragraph and closing
Drawing inspiration from the planning stage, during the drafting stage, we organise our thoughts into paragraphs with a clear beginning, middle, and conclusion1.
It is essential to separate interesting facts from important ones. In our informational article, we will focus more on adding important facts rather than adding interesting facts.
Watch the given video to understand the difference between important and interesting facts.
Vid: 5.1: Important Vs. Interesting Facts4
Glossary
Glossary
brainstorm: Thinking of different ideas for a topic
body paragraph: A paragraph that explains or gives details about the main idea
conclusion: The ending part that sums up the main points
facts: Information that can be proven true or false
supporting details: Information that helps explain or prove the main idea
topic sentence: The sentence that tells the main idea of a paragraph
Summary:
Summary:
The writing process involves five stages: Planning, Drafting, Editing, Revising, and Publishing.
During the planning stage, we brainstorm ideas.
We choose a topic.
Using a KWHL chart helps us to organise our thoughts.
It is important to have an introduction, body paragraph (facts and supporting details), and a closing in our informational text.
During the drafting stage, we begin to write our first draft.
It is essential to distinguish between important and interesting facts, ensuring our informational articles are informative and engaging for our readers.
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