Expository+Writing

= Expository Writing =

 Expository Writing is used to share factual information. It can be shown in many different ways, but the content is primarily nonfiction. 
 * Description:**

Kindergarten - Grade2
 * Lesson Activities:**
 * Expose students to various nonfiction structures and conventions
 * Record information in graphic organizers
 * Use various structures to organize writing
 * Write "How-To" Stories and "All About" Stories
 * Write riddles
 * Make posters, diagrams, and charts
 * Create descriptive webs

Grades 3 -5
 * Expose students to various nonfiction structures and conventions
 * Record information in graphic organizers
 * Use structures to organize to write paragraphs and longer nonfiction texts
 * Use cue words to signal structure
 * Sequence a series of events using transitional words such as first, next, then, and last
 * Compare/Contrast two topics
 * Cause and Effect

Grades 6 – 8 
 * Write collaborative reports
 * Write individual reports
 * Use diagrams and charts to report information
 * Books and Websites:**
 * Gail Gibbons (author of nonfiction books) []
 * Jerry Pallotta (author of many nonfiction ABC books) []
 * Harper Collins’ //Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out// Science series []
 * Dorling Kindersley’s //Eye-Openers// books

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