Appendix

Appendix Lesson B

__Information Report Proforma.__ Fill in the blanks. This will help you write your information report. Title:

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 * = Introduction = || What is your topic? Write an introductory sentence. || - Example: //Reverse garbage is a not-for-profit organisation that is committed to environmental sustainability// ||
 * ^  || In two or three sentences, give the reader a “map” of what you plan to do with the topic. Name all of the things you will talk about. || -
 * ** First Sub-Topic ** || Define your topic and give some general information about it || - ||
 * ^  || Make several key points with information from your research. About 2 or 3. || -
 * ^  || Try to Link the end of this paragraph with the next paragraph. Write a linking sentence to your next idea. || - ||
 * ** Second sub-topic ** || Define your second sub topic || - ||
 * ^  || Key points from your research. About 2

or 3. || - - - || - - || - - || (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2011, pp.144-145)
 * ^  || Linking sentence to the next paragraph. || - ||
 * ** Third sub-topic ** || Define your third sub-topic || - ||
 * ^  || Make key points from your research. About 2 or 3. || -
 * ^  || Link to the conclusion. || - ||
 * ** Conclusion ** || Re-state some of your key points || -
 * ^  || Sum up the importance of your topic and why people should know about it. || - ||

Adapted from: Ontario Ministry of Education. (2011) //Think Literacy: Cross curricular approaches, Grades 7-12- Writing strategies.// Retrieved September 26, 2011 from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/studentsuccess/thinkliteracy/files/Writing.pdf.