Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts : Writing : Fifth Grade English Language Arts Worksheets

Below, you will find a wide range of our printable worksheets in chapter Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts of section Writing. These worksheets are appropriate for Fifth Grade English Language Arts. We have crafted many worksheets covering various aspects of this topic, developing the topic, observational writing, task based descriptive paragraph writing, linking ideas, writing concluding statements, and many more. We hope you find them very useful and interesting.

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Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts

Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Open House


Write three things about your preschool center that will convince the families of young children so that they enroll their children at your school.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Developing the Topic


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Power Of Education


Why do you think education is important? Brainstorm and write a few reasons to support your opinion.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Developing the Topic


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Community Helpers


If you had to choose an occupation as a community helper, what would it be? Practice writing a few reasons to support your choice.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Developing the Topic


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Camping Adventure


Underline the conjunctive adverb in each sentence given in the worksheet.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Linking Ideas


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Link it up with Conjunctive Adverbs


Compete each sentence with one of the conjunctive adverbs from the list provided.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Linking Ideas


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Conjunctive Adverbs


Compete each sentence with one of the conjunctive adverbs from the word bank. Be sure to use correct punctuation.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Linking Ideas


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Using Conjunctive Adverbs


Choose any six conjunctive adverbs from the word bank. Write a sentence using a conjunctive adverb. Use each word only once. Punctuate the sentences correctly.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Linking Ideas


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Selling Point


Pretend you're a real estate agent and have to convince a buyer to buy a property in the recently developed town. Choose one place from the community and write a descriptive paragraph about it.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Task Based Descriptive Paragraph Writing


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Paint the Word Pictures


Good writers make sure that they add enough details, so that their descriptions paint complete and vivid pictures in their reader’s mind.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Task Based Descriptive Paragraph Writing


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Get Set Investigate


You reached the crime scene as a private investigator. It looks like a case of robbery. Write a descriptive paragraph about the crime scene that creates a picture with words and presents sensory details in a clear and logical order.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Task Based Descriptive Paragraph Writing


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

A Trip to an Amusement Park


Write a descriptive paragraph about your recent trip to an amusement park. Be sure to include details to appeal all of your reader’s senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch).

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Task Based Descriptive Paragraph Writing


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Closing Sentence


Read each topic sentence that introduces an explanatory paragraph. Then write a closing statements that sums up or wraps up the topic sentences.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Writing Concluding Statements


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

Final Thought


Read each topic sentence, then write a concluding statement that sums up or wraps up that topic sentence.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Writing Concluding Statements


Worksheet: Fifth Grade

What’s Cooking?


Carefully read each paragraph in the worksheet. Then, write a concluding sentence for each explanatory paragraph.

Category:  Writing     Writing Informative/Explanatory Texts     Writing Concluding Statements



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