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Unit of Study Informational Writing Checklist STRUCTURE OVERALL LEAD TRANSITIONS ENDING ORGANIZATION Student Name I can convey ideas and information about a subject in a well-structured text. Sometimes I incorporated arguments, explanations, stories, or procedural passages. I wrote and introduction in which I interested readers, perhaps with a quote or significant fact. I let readers know the subtopics that I could develop later and how my text would unfold. I used transitions to help readers understand how different bits of information and different parts of my writing fit together. I used transitions to help connect ideas, information, and examples, and to imply relationships such as when material exemplifies, adds on to, is similar to, explains, is a result of, or contrasts, I used transitions such as for instance, such as, similarly, therefore, as a result, in contrast to, and on the other hand. II wrote a conclusions in which I restated the important ideas and offered a final insight or implication for the reader to consider. I chose a focused topic. I used subheading and/or clear introductory transitions to separate sections. I made deliberate choices how to order sections and about the sequence of information and ideas within sections. I chose structures such as compare-and-contrast, categories, and claim-and-support to organize information and ideas. Some sections are written as arguments, explanations, stories, or procedural passages. = Not Yet √ = Starting To + = Yes!