AI Informational Text Generator for Teachers

How it works

From topic specification to a complete informational text with all features in four steps.

Specify topic, level, text length, and structure type

The teacher enters the topic ('the water cycle,' 'the civil rights movement,' 'how vaccines work,' 'photosynthesis,' 'the history of the internet'), the level, the approximate number of words, and the text structure type: problem-solution, cause-effect, compare-contrast, sequence-chronological, or descriptive. The AI uses all four inputs to generate a text that is on topic, appropriately leveled, structurally coherent, and genre-appropriate for school reading.

AI generates the text with appropriate text features embedded

The AI writes the informational text and embeds genre-appropriate text features: a title, section headings, bold key words, a short glossary, and a suggested diagram or caption. These text features match the conventions of informational texts that students encounter in standardized tests and nonfiction reading assessments.

Review the text for accuracy and adjust before distributing

Mr. Johansson teaches 5th grade. He is starting a science unit on ecosystems and needs a reading passage on food chains that his students can annotate and analyze. He specifies: topic 'food chains and energy flow,' Elementary school, 400 words, cause-effect structure. The AI generates a complete passage with section headings and a vocabulary list, and he adds a Did You Know sidebar on energy loss between trophic levels. He reviews it, adjusts one sentence for accuracy, and distributes it as the unit's anchor text.

Copy the text and check its level

Copy the text or download it as a text file, and check its level against your target before you use it.

The custom text search problem

Finding a published informational text at exactly the right Lexile level on exactly the right topic (with the right text features) is one of the most time-consuming tasks in lesson preparation. Teachers can spend a long time searching databases, publishers, and websites, often settling for a text that is close but not quite right: slightly too hard, slightly off-topic, missing the text features the teacher wants students to practice, or formatted for a different grade level than the class.

The AI Informational Text Generator gives you an outline to write from, in place of a long search. The teacher specifies exactly what they need; the AI creates it. The result follows your topic, your level and your text structure, and you check it.

What the generator creates

Features you can fill in to make your text ready for class.

Text structures

Five text structures (problem-solution, cause-effect, compare-contrast, sequence, and descriptive) map directly to the organizational patterns assessed in the ELA Common Core Standards (RI standards) and state reading assessments. When the teacher specifies a text structure, the AI uses that structure consistently throughout the text with appropriate signal words and transitions: 'as a result,' 'by contrast,' 'first... then... finally.' Students learn to recognize these patterns in context.

Authentic text features

Informational texts in academic settings and standardized tests use specific structural and visual features: bold headings, sidebars, text boxes, captions, bullet lists, and key vocabulary. The AI generates headings, bold key words, a short glossary and a suggested diagram or caption for the specific text, not as generic templates. The heading text is drawn from the content of that section, and the glossary explains key words from the text.

Standardized test format

Standardized reading tests often use informational texts with section headings, comprehension questions, and text features that are referenced in the questions. The AI can generate texts with section headings, comprehension questions, and text features like these, helping students practice the genre they will encounter on assessments. The teacher can also generate more comprehension questions on the topic using the Assessment Generator tool.

Cross-curricular and content-area topics

The generator creates informational texts across all content areas: science (biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, environmental science), social studies (US history, world history, geography, civics), ELA (author biographies, literary movements, genre studies), and specialized subjects (health, technology, arts). The text uses domain-appropriate vocabulary and writing conventions for the specific subject area, not generic informational text formatting.

Who uses the informational text generator

ELA teachers use the generator to supplement basal reader programs with custom texts on topics relevant to current units, local events, or student interests, making informational reading instruction feel current and connected to the world outside school.

Content-area teachers in science and social studies use the generator to create reading passages that serve as anchor texts for unit themes, providing students with reading practice that also builds content knowledge simultaneously.

Test prep coordinators use the generator to build banks of informational text passages, providing students with extensive practice on the specific reading genre and text feature types they will encounter on state assessments.

Teachers in schools without adequate textbooks use the generator to create custom reading materials for every unit, filling curriculum gaps with targeted content rather than searching for unsuitable alternatives.