So, what is informative writing? At its simplest, any text that seeks to ‘inform’. This includes a fabulous variety of things like: reports emails documentaries news articles sports reports science experiments even things like the description of how a fridge works! In this wonderful digital era, texts are completely multimodal – they can be written,…
Read More
Step by Step Blog
The Educator Hot List 2019: Seven Steps Creator named for the fourth year running!
It’s official! Seven Steps creator and CEO, Jen McVeity has been named in The Educator’s 2019 Hot List for the fourth year in-a-row! The Educator is one of the most renowned Australian publications for senior educational professionals and decision-makers. This lists highlights the outstanding work and research in the name of ensuring students have the…
Read More
National Science Week: Fun Writing Activities
Attention, moonwalkers! National Science Week is 10-18 August. The theme is Destination Moon: more missions, more science. What a fantastic way to celebrate the Moon Landing 50th Anniversary! This is a great time for big-picture thinking with your students: explore moon missions and space programs of the past, present and future. Solve problems and use…
Read More
Informative Writing Theory Videos are now LIVE
Reports? Done Parent-teacher interviews? Done Bottle of wine? Chilling Just one last push before the end of term! We know that you are already thinking about and planning for Term 3, so we have worked hard to get everything you need to plan your informative writing lessons ready before the end of term. For Seven…
Read More
Having Fun with Facts – Informative Writing
Breaking news… informative writing doesn’t need to be boring! You can have fun with facts! We all know that feeling you get when you’ve just read a pile of information reports on the Great Barrier Reef or factual recounts of last week’s excursion− and they all sound the same. While the primary purpose of informative…
Read More
Say Yes – National Reconciliation Week Classroom Resource
“National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.” – Reconciliation Australia The dates for National Reconciliation Week remain the same each year: 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate the…
Read More
Six Books to Read by Torchlight this Earth Hour
This year, Earth Hour is on Saturday 30 March. From 8:30-9:30PM, we all have one hour when we turn off non-essential electricity, all devices, all screens. The world goes dark. It feels quieter, peaceful – and that is the point. Earth Hour started in Sydney in 2007 as an initiative of the World Wide Fund…
Read More
Fun with Factual Writing
Many teachers ask us if the Seven Steps approach can be applied to informative writing such as recounts, science reports and factual writing. The answer is a resounding YES! In fact, the Seven Steps team – and some wonderful teachers – have been working out exactly how it looks if you use the Seven Steps…
Read More
