A 6th grade informative writing worksheet on elaboration. Using a short article about the Mexican free-tailed bats that live under Austin's Congress Avenue Bridge, students identify the kinds of evidence writers use to develop a topic (facts, definitions, concrete details, and examples), add a definition and an example to a paragraph, cut irrelevant or opinion-based sentences, revise informal sentences into a formal, objective style, and write a well-developed informational paragraph.
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Completed: Developing a Topic: Facts, Definitions, and Examples in a Formal Style
6th Grade students (typically ages 11–12) working on informative writing. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.
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About 35 minutes for 11 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Every sentence should teach the reader something. Define tricky words and show examples.
Writers develop a topic with facts, definitions, concrete details (details a reader can picture), and examples. Read the article, then answer.
The Bats of Congress Avenue Bridge
Every spring, a huge colony of Mexican free-tailed bats arrives at the Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin. In midsummer, the colony can grow to about 1.5 million bats, making it one of the largest urban bat colonies in North America. The bats roost, or rest, in narrow gaps on the underside of the bridge during the day. At dusk, they pour out in long, dark streams to hunt flying insects, including moths that damage crops. In the fall, most of the bats migrate south to Mexico for the winter.
In informational writing, every sentence should be relevant to the topic and written in a formal, objective style: no slang, no "I think," and no exaggeration.
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