An INFORMATIVE ARTICLE gives the reader unbiased facts about a topic.

An informative article provides the readers with details on a given topic. The informative article is not an argumentative article that tries to persuade the readers to one side or the other. It covers all the pertinent details: who, what, when, where, and why. Newspaper reporting uses informative articles; how do articles represent another category.

A. Tips for Writing an Informative Article

1. Write about what you really know. Before writing, do a research and find out some more details to polish your knowledge on the selected topic. You can find details about anything on the internet, using a search engine.

2. Please remember the vital point that many of your readers already know more details than you about the topic you are writing . Therefore, write about the topic you have sufficient knowledge.

3. People will be more interested to know how you sorted out a particular problem when you had faced on. A well-written article about solving your own problem will be more useful to the readers. Many of them would have faced the similar problem and your information will be of immense help to them.
4. Remember to leave enough white space in between your paragraphs. You may wonder why should it be? Reading the matter on the monitor is different from reading on the printed page. It causes eyes strain and for some people neck pain also. The other main reason is that many of our readers will be senior citizens, who will be looking for various information. Hence, it is better to see that your article is senior citizen-friendly, which means easy for them to read.

5. Try to write small paragraphs, which is easy to read. Most of the people will be just s canning the matter within a short time. Therefore, the smaller the paragraph the easier to read. Just place yourself in that position. How many times have you read long articles on the net ? I do agree that we take time to read long articles when they are highly important to our need. Otherwise, on a routine basis, more people read only smaller articles. 6. After writing your article, read it at least 3-5 times, and if necessary read once aloud. It helps you to find the mistakes in your articles. Then you can revise your article appropriately.

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Activity I. Try writing a one paragraph essay below about any topic of your choice. Be guided by the ff. guidelines. 1. Identify the purpose of writing 2. Consider your audience 3. Have an interesting beginning sentence to hook your audiences interest 4. Cite only relevant and accurate details 5. Have a clear conclusion

PROJECT # 2
A. You and your group mates are now in the leg of your journey. This is the acid test on how well you have discovered AfroAsia; its culture, traditions, and beliefs. In this activity, you will enjoin parents and community so that they , too, will know and understand Afro-Asia. Your municipality/city is hosting the 1st Asia-Africa Cultural Summit. As the head of the promotional activities for the event, the City Tourism Council intends to put up an exhibit dubbed as Taste Asia, Taste Africa as a welcome treat to the summit delegates. As a member of the wellacclaimed group of event organizers, you are being tasked to prepare an exhibit of informative write-ups with multimedia support showcasing the different traditions and values of selected Afro-Asian countries. Your output will be evaluated on the quality of information presented, creativity, relevance to the theme and visual impact.

Rubric of the Taste Asia, Taste Africa Exhibit CRITERIA

CONTENT OUTSTANDING 4 SATISFACTORY 3 DEVELOPING 2 BEGINNING 1

RATING

Presented information in-depth and comprehen sive and strongly adhered to the theme

Presented essential knowledge about Afro-Asians countries and adheres to the theme

Presented essential knowledge about Afro-Asian countries but there 1 to 2 factual errors and inadequate ly adheres to the theme

Presente d minimal or there were several factual errors and does not adhere to the theme.