EXPOSITORY WRITING MADE EASY

WRITE A PROPOSAL ON HOW YOU AND YOUR GROUP WOULD GO THROUGH A PROCESS TO DECIDE WHICH REGION OF TEXAS YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO LIVE.

PROJECT BASED LEARNING (PBL): TOPIC: REGIONS

EXPOSITORY WRITING

PROJECT BASED LEARNING EXPOSITORY ESSAY

Q: WHAT IS EXPOSITORY WRITING?

A: (1) Expository writing is a type of writing, the purpose of which is to inform, explain, describe, or

(2) define the author's subject to the reader.

(THIS IS WHY CITING YOUR SOURCES IS REQUIRED)

SENTENCE STARTERS (IN YELLOW)

PARAGRAPH 1:

DESCRIBE THE METHOD FOR CHOOSING THE TEXAS REGION YOU CHOSE TO PERSUADE PEOPLE TO COME LIVE IN!

LIST THREE REASONS FROM 3 OF THE 6 POWERPOINT SLIDES IN 1ST PARAGRAPH.

(CLIMATE, INDUSTRY, NATURAL VEGETATION, NATURAL RESOURCES, MAJOR CITIES)

SENTENCE STARTER IDEAS.

CHOOSING THE BEST REGION TO SETTLE IN IN TEXAS CAN BE A DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER.

EXAMPLES

THIS PROPOSAL WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE CRITERIA AND METHOD USED FOR CHOOSING A REGION IN TEXAS TO LIVE IN.

OUR PROPOSAL METHOD CHOSE THREE OF THE MAIN REASONS PEOPLE WOULD CONSIDER WHEN MOVING TO A NEW STATE OR REGION. THEY ARE _________, ___________, AND __________________.

1ST PARAGRAPH SENTENCE STARTERS

2ND PARAGRAPHSENTENCE STARTERS FOR 2ND PARA. IN WHITE

PARAGRAPH 2:

USING YOUR THREE CHOICES FROM THE SLIDES, DESCRIBE EACH IN THE 2ND PARAGRAPH.

PROVIDE DETAILS AND DESCRIPTIVE WORDS.

SENTENCE STARTERS

THE _________________ REGION IS WELL KNOWN FOR ______________________________ (NAME OF STATE OR NATIONAL PARK, MUSEUM, CAPITAL OF STATE, BEACHES, MILD WEATHER (NAME SEVERAL).

USING THE METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THREE MAIN POINTS TO BASE OUR DECISION ON MADE IT EASIER TO CHOOSE OUR REGION. WE LEARNED HOW TO NARROW OUR FOCUS AND CONCENTRATE ON THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS THAT WOULD LEAD US TO CHOOSE A REGION.

SENTENCE STARTER IDEAS!!!

THIS IS A GREAT REGION TO LIVE IN BECAUSE …..

THIS REGION IS UNIQUE DUE TO ITS …..

THE CLIMATE IN THIS REGION IS AMAZING BECAUSE IT IS ….• DIFFERENT FROM SEASON TO SEASON, GREAT FOR

GROWING CROPS, GREAT BEACH WEATHER DURING THE SUMMER ALONG THE COAST.

IF LIKE VISITING NATIONAL OR STATE PARKS, THIS REGIONS HAS _______________________ PARK

TOURISM WAS ALSO A MAJOR FACTOR IN THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE THE ___________ REGION OFFERS MANY PLACES FOR TOURIST TO VISIT. THEY INCLUDE _______________ IN (CITY), _______________ IN (CITY), AND _______________ IN (CITY),

SENTENCE STARTER IDEAS!!!

SOME OF THE BEST LANDFORMS ARE LOCATED IN THE _________________ REGIONS. THEY INCLUDE _________________________ LOCATED NEAR (CITY).

MANY PEOPLE MAY CHOOSE TO LIVE IN A SPECIFIC REGIONS DUE TO THEIR JOBS. THE _____________ REGIONS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES: ___________________________________.

STARTER SENTENCE IDEAS – 2ND PARAGRAPH

USE PERSUASIVE VOCABULARY

FINAL PARAGRAPH: PERSUADE YOUR AUDIENCE

2ND PARAGRAPH (AKA FINAL PARAGRAPH

PERSUADE YOUR AUDIENCE THAT LIVING IN YOUR REGIONS WOULD BE THE BEST DECISION OF A LIFETIME

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