Calendars, instruction manuals, newspaper articles, and dictionaries all have something in common: they are all informative texts. Informative texts are used to provide facts and information, and this purpose is illustrated through the example of a research project on honey bees. By viewing this Miniclip, students will learn about the distinctive features of informative texts through creative animations and amusing examples.

Originally released by Video Education America (VEA), 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 30, 2018.

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