Information Report

We are learning to write an information report about a topic related to space.

By Friday 5 June you need to have written and edited your information report on a topic related to space so that it is ready to be published.

Here are some ideas to write about:

• Jupiter
• Astronauts
• Earth    
• The Moon  
• Eclipses
• Stars

My topic is:

My topic is Mars

You need to attend one workshop with the teacher on an area that you feel you need help with for your writing. Here is the time       table where you will make your bookings. There is space for seven people in each workshop so book in quickly to make sure there is space!

Start researching and plan your writing here: (remember to write notes in your plan). Click here to see an exemplar of a plan.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Introduction: I am going to tell you all about Mars.
Main idea: Appearance	More detail: Mars looks like a rusty,desert plane	More detail: Mas is approximately  228  million Km from the sun.
Main idea: how hot	More detail: Mars has volcanoes on their planet  and it is the second hot planets out of the solar system	More detail: Mars is the 5th planet
Main idea: Size	More detail: Because the planet rotates on its axis (every 24.6 hours), it bulges at the equator (as do Earth and other planets). At its equator, Mars has a diameter of 4,222 miles (6,794 km),	More detail: r, Mars has a diameter of 4,222 miles (6,794 km),

Success Criteria for writing. Click here to see an exemplar of an information report about Mars.

Level 3	Student Targets:	Yes!
Audience and Purpose	Identify my audience and purpose for writing.
Content/Ideas	Write clearly and include all important information.
	Add factual detail to expand my ideas.
Structure: including punctuation and grammar	Use different sentence starters.
	Join some ideas using conjunctions such as: when, while, after, since, until, if, because, although, that
	Organise my ideas into paragraphs and sequence my ideas so that my writing flows.
	Use subheadings for each new paragraph to tell the reader what it is about
	Check that I am writing in the present tense (for example: the sun is a ball of fire; the stars are shooting through the sky)
	Use a range of punctuation correctly.    (.,?!)
Editing	Identify and correct most spelling errors.
	Improve my writing so that it is more enjoyable/informative for the reader.

Introduction

I am going to tell you all about Mars.

Appearance

Mars looks like a rusty,desert planet.Mars is also the red planet is approaching Earth in its orb

it, and it won't appear as large again for another nine years.

Size

3,390 km

Olympus) is a very large shield volcano on the planet Mars. By one measure, it has a height of nearly 25 km (16 mi). Olympus Mons stands almost three times as tall as Mount Everest's height above sea level.

How hot it is

Mars has volcanoes on their planet,  and it is the second hot planets out of the solar system.Mars is the 5th planet.