Informative Writing - Dinusaurus

Organize the notes about Dinosaurus to write an

information text.

Your text should include:

• An introduction.
• Four paragraphs.
• Facts and information.

Think about:

• An effective introduction to give the reader an

overview of the topic.
• How to organise the text using paragrpahs.

• The use of decriptive language to engge the

reader.

Write at least 150 words.

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• Ornithomimus footprints suggest it could run at the same speed

an ostrich, up to 40 miles per hour.

• Some dinosaurs were herbivores and ate plants. Others were

carnivore and ate meat. Some ate both.

• Argentinosaurus may have weighed 70 tonnes.

• Argentinosaurus could grow up to 30 m in lenght.

• Fossils of more tha 500 types of dinosaurs have been found.

• The word 'dinosaur' means 'terrible lizard'.

• Dinosaurs lived from 220 million years ago to 65.5 million years
ago.
• Some dinosaurs, such as the Ornithomimus survived by being
able to to move very quickly.

• The name 'Ornithomimus' means 'bird-like'.

• Fossils suggests that the Ornithomimushad feathers, and claws
that looked like a bird's feet.
• The Argentinosaurus was successful beacuse it was too big for
the other dinosaurus to attack.
• They lived in all different kinds of environments as well, ranging
from tropical forests to dry, sandy deserts.
• By studying their fossils, scientists know that dinosaurs were the
ancient cousins of today’s crocodiles, snakes, and lizards.

• Dinosaurs lived in all different kinds of environments as well,

ranging from tropical forests to dry, sandy deserts.

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