World famous monster expert Professor Behemoth is putting together a Monsterology of different types of monsters and beasts. He has spent years researching all sorts of weird and wonderful monsters and has a wide variety for his
encyclopedia. Your job, over the next two weeks, is to provide the professor with another entry for his book; you’ll have to use your imagination unless you have actually seen a monster!
Information with a touch of ‘faction’
In this workbook, we are going to be writing an information text about a made-up monster or beast. Even though this is a non-fiction genre of writing, we can still be inventive and creative. I like calling it FACTION when teaching it (the form fits information about facts but the content is fiction). To get us started, here is a model of a fictional information text about swamp monsters. As you are listening, you might want to think about which type of monster you will write about. Have a read below and then listen to me read it aloud here:
Open the PDF to have a go at the first activity