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3 rd six weeks 2009 Expository Writing - to Inform Slide 2 Rules Talking Writing Watching Slide 3 Talking Slide 4 Writing Slide 5 Watching Slide 6 Todays Learning Goals: 1. Brainstorm, organize and sequence ideas for informational writing. 2. Write an opening sentence. Slide 7 Writing to inform Writing that gives your audience information about a specific topic. It includes definitions and factual statements. Slide 8 Writing prompt Tell about conserving natural resources. Slide 9 Writing prompt Tell ab0ut conserving natural resources. Slide 10 Brainstorm Natural resources Soil Rocks Minerals Trees Water Air Plants Slide 11 Now you try Slide 12 Organize: decide which of these you want to write about Natural resources Soil Rocks Minerals Trees Water Air Plants Slide 13 Now you try Slide 14 Organize and Sequence on your Flow Map WaterSoilTrees Slide 15 Now you try Slide 16 Opening Sentence Tells what the writing will be about. The opening sentence for informational writing should tell: What I am writing about A definition or statement about the topic Always addresses the prompt. Slide 17 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees Slide 18 Now you try Slide 19 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees Slide 20 End of Day 1 What did we do? We brainstormed our writing ideas on a Circle Map. We organized our writing ideas on a Flow Map. We wrote an opening sentence. Slide 21 Day 2 Learning Goals: Add details Add transition words Write a closing sentence Slide 22 Yesterday we Brainstormed Organized Wrote an opening sentence Slide 23 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees _______________________ Slide 24 Can you please.. Tell me more! Slide 25 Add details to your ideas Write at least 1 detail for each idea Give more information about each idea Slide 26 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees Short showersWeathering___Oxygen______ Slide 27 Now you try Slide 28 Add transition words Decide on the best transition words to use. Write them on top of the small boxes in the middle of the Flow Map. Slide 29 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees Short showersWeathering___Oxygen______ To begin with_Also_______ Most importantly Slide 30 Now you try Slide 31 Closing sentence Revisit the prompt and give a sense of closure. Slide 32 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees It is important for everyone to conserve the natural resources of water, soil, and trees. Short showersWeathering___Oxygen______ To begin with_Also_______ Most importantly Slide 33 Now you try Slide 34 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees It is important for everyone to conserve the natural resources of water, soil, and trees. Short showersWeathering___Oxygen______ To begin with_Also_______ Most importantly Slide 35 End of Day 2 What did we do? We added details to our Flow Map. We added transition words. We wrote a closing sentence. Slide 36 Day 3 Learning Goals: Review your Flow Map Orally rehearse your writing Write your expository writing to inform Share your writing Slide 37 It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. WaterSoilTrees It is important for everyone to conserve the natural resources of water, soil, and trees. Short showersWeathering___Oxygen______ To begin with_Also_______ Most importantly Slide 38 Orally rehearse Practice telling a partner what you are going to write. Use complete sentences when you speak. Slide 39 Writing a composition Take the information off the Flow Map. Put the information into complete sentences. Dont forget any boxes or transition words Try adding strong descriptive words and phrases. Slide 40 Expository composition to inform It is important to conserve natural resources like water, soil, and trees. To begin with, water is a basic need of all living things. People can conserve water by taking shorter showers. Also, soil is an important resource for growing healthy plants. People can conserve soil by planting more trees to stop weathering. Most importantly, people need to conserve trees. Trees provide oxygen for all living things. It is important for everyone to conserve the natural resources of water, soil, and trees. Slide 41 Checklist 8 or more logically sequenced and factual sentences focusing on a topic in response to a prompt. (5 points) Spelling (2 points) Capitalization / Punctuation (2 points) Spacing / letter use (1 point) Descriptive language 3 strong words not color words or good, nice, big, little (2 points) Lead sentence provides orientation and addresses the prompt through definition or statement (1 point) Closing sentence revisits the prompt and gives a sense of closure (1 point) Detail sentences 3 facts about the topic and each one has one detail sentence providing additional information (3 points) 3 logical transition words (3 points)