Informative Writing – Graphic Organizers for Student Research

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Do your students struggle to find decent topics for research when they are practicing informative writing? Do you find it difficult to get them to select topics that aren’t too broad or too narrow for their informational writing piece? These informative writing graphic organizers are the solution!

Students who spend time planning and organizing their informational writing generally have an easier time with the final paper. With this set of graphic organizers specifically designed for informational writing, you’ll be able to walk your students through the first step of planning and make them comfortable to move forward with the research.

You’ll begin by having your students select 1 of 2 graphic organizer formats, depending on their preference. The theme or research area will generally be set by you or the assignment. Students are typically then directed to choose a research topic that interests them in that area. But what to pick? And how will they know that it’s a decent topic to research? Because of the graphic organizer!

Students write down their 4 top ideas for an informative writing piece then brainstorm all the questions they might research in that topic. Too many questions? Too Broad. Not enough? Too narrow.

Plus, the graphic organizers have can be preloaded with ideas by you before printing, to provide differentiation to your students who need it.

As a bonus, there is an additional graphic organizer for students to use once they have selected their research topic for their informational writing piece. The Research Search Engine Guide will help students think of alternative online searches for their research questions, to help avoid that stuck feeling we sometimes get when researching on the internet.

Also included are Teacher Tip Pages with lots of ideas to get you started!

Be sure to check the PDF and video previews to see all that’s included and how you can use it in your classroom as you prepare your students for some awesome informative writing!

AND, if you want to take your students from pre-planning to done… Be sure to check out the bundle:

Informative Writing Bundle

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