A Fact File is a short report of all the most important information on one subject. This subject can be a thing, a place or even a person. Fact files are a great resource to help teach lessons about particular topics as they are quick and punchy ways to give information. Another great way to use them is to get your students to create their very ...

Teach pupils how to do informational writing in KS1 and KS2 with this fact file example and advice from teacher Aidan Severs

Use your fact files to create informative and interesting displays in your classroom. If you wanted to make a fact file display about Paris, for example, you can use this Eiffel Tower Fact Sheet or this The Louvre Fact File. Using these fact files in this way make learning about this amazing city visual and engaging.

A Fact File is a short report that lists all the most important information on one subject. This subject can be a thing, a place, or even a person. Fact files are a great resource to help teach lessons about particular topics as they are quick and punchy ways to give information and do get your learners to do some research on information.

This teaching resource includes six detailed fact files addressing the following topics: Elephants; Eagles; Cars; Gemstones; Doctors; Firefighters; The resource also includes a worksheet where students can create full sentences from the dot points in the fact files, as well as a writing scaffold to help them structure their report.

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Interesting facts Glossary For your fact file, you will write about one of the Aztec gods. However, for this example I'm going to write my fact file about dolphins. You can also refer to the focused reading fact file on Huitzilopochtli. Bottlenose Dolphins I've written a big, bold, underlined title at the top of the page.

Animal Fact File. Name: Kangaroo Type: Mammal Home: Australia Habitat: Various places, including forest Food: Grass Body: Strong tail and back legs; long, pointed ears. Some grow 2 metres tall. Female kangaroos have a pouch, where their babies live. Life span: About 6 years Family: A baby kangaroo is called a joey. When it is small it eats ...

Writing a fact file. Success Criteria 1.Wow words- look up in a thesaurus (use online one if you don’t have one). 2.Subheadings( eg. Features) 3.Avoid repeating the same pronouns-keep it interesting (creature, animal, insect) 4.Parenthesis -- ,, An ant is about 7mm (a little less than a cm) and it has 6 legs.