Are you looking for high-interest INFORMATIVE writing prompts in the form of passages? Since informative writing should include several sources, these informative text articles are used to give students 2 articles of information for each prompt. Then students can also use another type of source(s) to complete the research process. These writing prompt passages give students a jump start to their research to help them form an effective informative essay. In the passages, you will find a variety of photos, maps, timelines, diagrams, tables, graphs, political cartoon, maps, and charts.