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English
Quarter 4-
Self-Learning Activity Sheet (S-LAS) 8

Writing Informative Essay

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Learning Area: English Quarter: 4

Name of Learner: ______________________________________________________________

Grade Level : Grade 7 Subject: English VII

School: Buenavista National High School

LEARNING ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION

Week Covered: EIGHTH WEEK

Learning Competency: Composes informative essay. (EN7WC-IV-a-2-2)

Objective/s: After completing this self-learning activity sheet, you should be able to:

1. define informative essay;

2. identify its purpose and structure; and,
3. write informative essay using illustration as guide.

Materials: ballpen, paper

SEE AND BE SEEN

Activity 1

Directions: Arrange the given sentences in the box to form an informative essay.

Note: One introductory sentence, three-sentence body paragraph, and one concluding sentence.
Follow the format below.

A. Finally, the smallest owl is the Elf Owl which is 6 inches long and has
a wingspan of 15 inches.
B. I have learned many facts about owls.
C. Next, owls cannot move their eyes in the socket so they must turn
their entire head.
D. Owls are very interesting birds.
E. First, most owls are nocturnal which means they hunt at night.

(Source: https://www/tes.com/lessons/plffQ1ciswc8tg/writing-a-paragraph-topic-
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Introduction
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Body
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Conclusion
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What is an Informative Essay?

An informative essay is an academic paper usually written at high school and college
levels. It aims to inform the reader about a particular object, person, event, or phenomenon. The
main purpose is to respond to the set question by explaining the topic in detail. However, this
essay type does not presuppose expressing your opinion or working with argumentative essay
topics, like in a persuasive essay. You should simply present the facts. 

Keywords section might be a part of an informative paper, especially when discussing a

difficult topic readers know a little about or nothing at all. If professional terms that can help to
explain the topic deeper are needed, use them, but provide meaningful explanations.

For example, when you need to present to the audience a topic about marketing using
such words such as brainstorming, A/B testing, target audience, customer research,
copywriting, etc, provide clear definitions beforehand. It would also be helpful to give specific
examples.

Informative Essay Outline

Every student should understand how to write an informative essay because it is one of
the most typical and basic assignments. The first step is to learn about essay structure. An
informative essay outline looks pretty much the same to most of the academic essays. It has 3
structural parts:

- Introduction. An introduction is usually the first paragraph of your academic write-up. If

you’re writing a long write-up, you might need 2 or 3 paragraphs to introduce your topic
to your reader.
- Body paragraphs. Body paragraphs help you prove your thesis and move you along a
compelling trajectory from your introduction to your conclusion. If your thesis is a simple
one, you might not need a lot of body paragraphs to prove it. If it’s more complicated,
you’ll
- need more body paragraphs. 
- Conclusion. A conclusion is the last paragraph of your write-up, or, if you’re writing a
really long write-up, you might need 2 or 3 paragraphs to conclude.  

[Source: https://writemyessay4me.org/blog/informative-essay]

Things to Remember
An informative essay …

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  introduces a clearly stated topic/controlling idea.
 creates an organizational structure in which related information is grouped logically to
support the writer’s purpose.
 develops evidence with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and
examples with references to sources.
 uses precise language and content specific words clearly appropriate for audience and
purpose.
 uses appropriate transition words within and across paragraphs to smoothly and
purposefully connect the controlling idea to evidence.
 provides satisfying conclusion related to the topic.

Transition Words

Body Paragraph
Concluding Sentence
First Details Middle Details Last Details

 First  Also  Finally  In conclusion

 For example  Next  Last  To summarize
 To start  Plus  Last but not least  As you can see
 To begin  In addition  All in all
 Second  Therefore
Sources: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-informative-essays
 Third  On the whole

ACTIVITY 2

Directions: Read the paragraph and complete the diagram that follows.

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 (https://www.slideshare.net/twilson1979/week-5-imaginativepersuasiveandinformativeparagraphs)

ACTIVITY 3

Directions: Write an informative essay using the title COVID-19 Pandemic. Your work will be
rated according to the rubrics below.

INFORMATIVE WRITING RUBRICS

Needs
Excellent Strong Fair
Improvement
ELEMENT
(4) (3) (2)
(1)

Clear and concise Provides

Unclear explanation No explanation of
Purpose explanation of the explanation of
of the purpose the purpose at all
purpose the purpose

Clearly introduces Introduces the

Unclear claim about Main claim is not
Introduction the claim about the claim about the
the topic stated
topic topic

Attempts to develop
Thoroughly presents Develops the the topic sentence
a topic sentence topic sentence supported with Topic sentence has
supported with supported with relevant facts, no facts, concrete
Body
relevant facts, relevant facts, concrete details and details or examples
concrete details and concrete details examples but some included
examples and examples of the information
are not relevant

Restates the Ends with a

Effectively restates
main claim and concluding Abrupt ending. No
the main claim and
Conclusion provides a statement that does concluding
provides a summary
summary of the not clearly relate to statement
of the main point
main point the topic

REFLECTIONS
Concepts Learned
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Concepts Unlearned

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REFERENCES
Book

English Learner Material. Pasig City: FEP Printing Corp., 2017.

Electronic Sources

https://www.slideshare.net/twilson1979/week-5-
imaginativepersuasiveandinformativeparagraphs

https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-informative-essays

https://www/tes.com/lessons/plffQ1ciswc8tg/writing-a-paragraph-topic-sentences-finding-the-
main-idea

https://writemyessay4me.org/blog/informative-essay

ANSWER KEY

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

Introduction – B *answers may *answers may

vary* vary*
Body – E, C, A

Conclusion – D

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Content Editor: Liliavic A. Datoy, T-1

Language Editor: Beverlyn N. Atrejenio, T-III

Reviewer: Mick Mars P. Silvano, T-III

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