Informative Writing Prompts for Natural Disasters

Informative Writing: Step-by-Step Natural Disaster Writing Prompts is an engaging resource that teaches students how to write effective expository essays. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach focused on natural disasters, this unit walks students through the key phases of expository writing in a clear, step-by-step manner. Versatile graphic organizers, tailored to different handwriting abilities, help students research, brainstorm, organize details, formulate an introduction and conclusion, draft, revise, edit, and publish informative essays. The resource also includes writing rubrics, sentence frames, interactive presentations, examples, prompts, games, cross-curricular links to science and art, and more to equip students with strong expository writing skills. Appropriate for upper elementary grade levels, this ready-to-implement unit is ideal for classroom teachers and homeschoolers looking to actively teach or supplement writing instruction on informative essay writing.