The Expository Essay The Expository Essay A World Café
Expository Expository RemindersReminders
Questions:How can an expository text be organized?
What makes an expository text engaging?
If the tone is INFORMATIVE, what are examples of words that can create this tone?
What is the difference between clear unambiguous language and the opposite of this request: language that is unclear and ambiguous?
How do you write a thesis?
Play the ScholarPlay the Scholar
Voice in Expository
The writer is the expert. The writer controls the information that revealed to the audience. The writer must know her audience and why (purpose) she is speaking to this particular audience at this particular time.
Example of an Expository PromptExample of an Expository Prompt
Write an expository essay that explains the daily ritual performed by an artist, a writer, or a student you know and why this routine is important to his or her success.
Example of an Expository Prompt We Will be Working with Today:
So How Do We Prepare Our So How Do We Prepare Our Students?Students? One Way: text-based protocols
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Our TurnOur Turn
We will need 5 groups of 5 or 6 based on the color of your text. Spread out in your groups through out our space.
Read text and record thoughts, ideas, notes, etc. Resist the urge to talk until everyone in your group has
finished. Pick up supplies, choose one recorder of big ideas and a
facilitator. Answer questions in small groups. Record thoughts on your
own paper. Rotate, leaving the head of the group to stay and lead the
next group. The leader share some of the ideas the previous group
explored when answering questions. Rotate again. Rotate if there is time for a third
conversation. Share the big ideas. Debrief the process
The Art of ConversationThe Art of Conversation
Getting students talking builds successVarying how those discussions occur
builds interest and engagementAllowing for many voices to be heard
crucialProvoking text importantThoughtful questions importantDebriefing brings closure and builds the
capacity to remember and connect to writing