expository-writing.ppt

1 Usetherightarrowkeytoadvance 2 EasystepstobecomingagreatwriterontheALABAMAWritingAssessment Expository Persuasive Descriptive Narrative 3 Whatisanexpositoryessay It Givesfacts Explains Givesstepsinaprocess Presentsideasinlogicalorderorcorrectsequence 4 Whatarethekeywordsthatshowitisanexpositoryprompt Mostpeopleenjoysometypeofmusic Thinkaboutyourfavoritetypeofmusicandexplainwhyyoulikethatparticulartypeofmusic Sometimeseventhebestdriverscangetlostattimes Explainhowyouwoulddirectalostmantogetbacktotheinterstatehighwayfromyourneighborhood Tellhowtomakeahamburger YOUWILLFINDTHESEWORDSINTHEPROMPTEXPLAINorTELLHOW 5 Whatisadescriptiveessay Sensoryimagesareusedtodescribewhatthewritersees hears smells touches andtastes Itpaintsacleardescriptionofpeople places objects orevents 6 Whatarethekeywordsthatshowitisadescriptiveprompt Describeyourbedroom Imaginetellingsomeonewhohasnevervisitedyou TherearemanytouristspotstovisitinBirmingham Describeyourfavoriteplacetotakevisitors Youmaywanttotellwhatyouwillsee hear smellandhowyoufeelwhenyouarethere Telluswhatyousee hear smell taste andfeelonChristmasmorning YOUMUSTDESCRIBEORTELLWHATAPERSONCANSEE HEAR SMELL TASTEORFEEL 7 Whatisapersuasiveessay Youareaskedtoprovesomething Givereasonswhy Presentargumentsagainstyourreasons Showthemtobefalse TakeastandAskorcallforanaction 8 Whatarethekeywordsthatshowit sapersuasiveprompt PersuadeaclosefriendtodonatebloodaspartofablooddrivethatyourschoolissponsoringfortheRedCross Someofyourkidbrothersfriendshavetakenupsmokingandwanthimtostarttoo Writeaconvincinglettertoyourkidbrothertonottakeupthishabit WritealettertotheeditorofthenewspapertellingwhycitizensinBirminghamshouldsupportataxincreasebenefitingthelocalpublicschools YOUWILLNOTICETHEWORDSPERSUADE CONVINCEORTELLWHYSOMEONESHOULDDOSOMETHING 9 Whatisanarrative Anarrative Tellsastory Haschronologicalorderandsequenceofevents Hasaction Hasconflictsorproblems Hasdialogue Hascharacters Hasadefinitebeginning middleandend 10 Whatarethekeywordsthatshowthatthesearenarrativeprompts Youandyourfriendfindabigboxthatislabeled DoNotOpen Yourfriendwantstoopenthebox Writeastoryaboutwhathappensnext Tellaboutatimewhenyoumadeaseriousmistake Twolittlegirlsfoundawalletonthesidewalk Tellwhathappenednext NOTETHEWORDS WRITEASTORYorTELLABOUTATIME orTELLWHATHAPPENEDNEXT 11 Readytowrite Firstdeterminewhattypepromptyouhave Youshouldreadyourpromptatleast three times Expository explain tellhowDescriptive describePersuasive persuadeorconvinceNarrative tellaboutatimewhen tellastory Useyourscratchpapertobrainstormandthenmakeanoutline orweb forafiveparagraphessay 12 Think Brainstorm PACO P Whatisyourpurpose A Whoisyouraudience C Content Whatareyourideasfordetails facts orreasons O Organization Thinkhowyouwanttostructureyourpaper Jotdowntheseideas NOWSTARTYOUROUTLINE ORWEB 13 FirstParagraph SecondParagraph Third Fourth FifthParagraph 14 FIRSTPAPAGRAPH 15 Let spreparetowriteanessay Here stheprompt Therearemanygoodandbadthingsaboutbeingintheseventhgrade Explainwhatthesethingsare Whatkindofpromptdowehave Didyousayexpository You reright 16 Useyourscratchpaper Jotdownafewtransitions Whataretransitions Wordsorphrasesthatconnectideasorintroducethetopic Suchasone if although however finally inconclusion first second next additionally consequentlyMakeanoutlineorweb Developa1 3 1plan OneParagraphforintro Threeparagraphsforthebody Oneparagraphfortheconclusion 17 AdditionallyOneFirstSecondNextAnother ifAlthoughFinallyInconclusionIndeedConsequentlyStarsarekeyideasorcontrollingstatements ExplanationsExamples Evidencearelistedbelow Conclusion Sumupwhatyou vesaid Referbacktoyourintroduction 18 Thisisanimportantstep Don ttrytowriteyourpaperwithoutdoinganoutlinefirst Why Youwillbegradedonorganization 19 Introductionsforexpository descriptiveandpersuasiveessaysshould Grabthereader sattention Or Letthereaderknowwhatyou regoingtotalkabout Or Showaplanforwhatyou regoingtobetalkingaboutinthethreebodyparagraphs Or Statewhattheaudiencewilllearninthisessay 20 SampleIntroduction AlthoughIhavetakenmanywonderfulvacations mytripwithmytwobestfriendstoNewYorkCityisoneI llalwaysremember Thiswasafantastictripbecauseofthesightswesaw thepeoplewemet theplaysweenjoyed andthelaughsweshared What stheplan What sthetopic Eachpartoftheplanwillbedevelopedintoparagraphs 21 Afteryoumakeyourweboroutline startwritingyourintroduction Leavespaceatthetopfortwomorelines Itwon tcountagainstyou Youmightcomebacklatertoinsertalittlebackgroundinformationintheintroduction Remembertograbinterestandshowtheplanofyourpaperintheintroduction 22 Introduction Haveyoueverthoughtaboutwhatarethegoodandthebadthingsinseventhgrade Therearegoodthingslikechangingclassesandmorefreedom Someofthebadthingsareyouhavetostayinschoollonger youhaveSATtests andtestsgetharder StaywithmeasIexplainthegoodandbadthingsaboutbeingintheseventhgrade Howdoesthewritergrabyourattention 23 Let sstartonthebody Gobacktoyourweboroutlineforthesecondparagraph GoodFunThings Changingclassesandteachers Ms Trunchbull Ms HoneyMoreFreedom noline Seefriendsatlunch 24 FirstIwilltellyouaboutthegoodandfunthingsaboutbeingintheseventhgrade YougettochangeclassessoifoneteacherislikeMrs TrunchbullinMatilda youareonlywithherforpartoftheday IfyourteacherislikeMs Honeyyouwillenjoyafabuloustimewithher AnotherthingIenjoyismorefreedom Wedon thavetowalkinstraightlinesasifweweresoldiersmarchingofftowar Next youcangetyourownfoodinsteadofhavingthelunchladiesgetitforyou Ilikespendingtimewithmyfriendssoiftherearenotinoneofmyclasses Icanseethematlunch Transitionwordshelp Doesheexplain giveexamples usemetaphors 25 Lookbackatyouroutlineforthethirdparagraph BadthingsSATTest notlikeelementaryschool comparetostalebreadmoretestandharder stressstomachhurts mathmakesmesick 26 NextI mwritingaboutthebadthingsyougothroughinseventhgrade FirstofallyouhavetotaketheSATtest Inelementaryschoolyoudidn thavetoworryaboutthiskindofthing TheSATtestislikeeatingstalefoodbecauseitcanhurtyouanditcanbeboring Thetestsgetharderasyougoon Wehavesomanyofthemtheycancauseamajorstressandmakeyoufeellikeyourstomachwasjustpulledout Atmyelementaryschoolwegotoutfifteenminutesearlier Sittinginmathclassforthatextraminutesmakesmefeelterribleinside Didyoufindthetransitions Whatarethekeyideas Howdoesheexplainhiskeyideas Whatisthemetaphor 27 Lookbacktoyouroutlinebeforewritingthefourthparagraph thingsthatarebothgood badFieldTrips missschool mightbeboringPE clothessweat funtoplayandcompeteHomework toomuch pullupgrades 28 Finallymynextcategoryisgoingtobethingsthatcomegoodandbad Firstfieldtripsareextremelyfunbecauseyoucantalkandmissschool Howeverit sbadifyougosomewhereboringorcan tsitwithyourfriend EverybodylovesP E becauseweplayrealsportswithcompetitiveness Butsadlywhenwe releavingPE myclothesgetsweatywhichdoesn tfeelgood EverybodyknowstheplusesandminusesofHomework Wehavesomuchhomeworkitjusttakestheenergyoutofyou whichisbad Whatisgoodaboutitisthatthemorehomeworkyouhave thebetterchanceyouhavetopullupyourgrade Didyoufindthetransitions Whatarethekeyideas Howdoesheexplainhiskeyideas 29 Nowwearereadyforthefifthparagraph theconclusionwhichwillsummarizeourmainpointsorkeyideasinthebody GoodandbadthingsfreedomchangingclassesSATtestgoingtoschoollongertestsGoodandBadHomeworkPEFieldtrips 30 Inconclusiontheseventhgradehasgoodandbadthingsinvolved Suchasmorefreedom andchangingclasses SomeotherthingsareSATtest goingtoschoollonger andquizzesandtests Homework P E andfieldtripsfallintobothofthosecategories Whatareyourtransitions Doesthewritersumupwhathewritten Doeshereferbacktotheintroduction Thisparagraphwasfromanactualessaywrittenbyastudentforthestatewritingassessment Hisorganizationgavehimafour 31 Whoops Whatdidweforget Didyouthinktitle Youareright Howabout TheGoodandBadThingsAboutSeventhGrade Nah Boring Interestingtitleshaveanactionword Howabout GoodandBadThingsHappeninSeventhGrade better Howabout SeventhGrade GoodorBad YouBetheJudge 32 Rememberwesaidtoleavealittlespaceatthetop Let slookataclassmate sessayandseewhy InthenearfutureIwouldliketobecomeaforensicscientistandhelpsolvecrimes ThestepsIwouldhavetotaketoachievemygoalsarefinishingschool practicetheprocedureofmymajor andbesuccessfulineverythingIdo WhatMyNearFutureWouldBeLike Afterrereadingshecamebacktoaddalittlebackgroundinformation ThisisanimportantstepRereadtoIMPROVE I vealwaysfoundthesolvingofcrimesbyDNAevidencetobeinteresting Aforensicscientistisdoctorwhoexaminesdata 33 NowLet sLookAtNarrative TellaboutatimeWriteastoryChronologicalsequenceofeventsDialogueActionProblems conflictsBeginning Middle End Doyouthinkthereisalovestoryhere 34 UsethistypeofwebforaNarrative CLIMAX 35 Sometypicalstorytransitionwords OnedaySuddenlyDuringUntilYesterdayMeanwhileAfterwardsWhile Typicallytransitionsareabouttime After before since later 36 Howtogetyourstoryrolling Beginbydescribingacharacter LaDariusSmith astaronourschoolbasketballteam isverylucky 37 Getthestoryrollingwithdialogue What sthatsmell theseventhgraderscomplained Finishyourexperimentandwe llheadoutsidetogetawayfromit saidtheirteacher Whatpunctuationgoeswiththewordssaid Didyousayquotationmarks You reright 38 Getthestoryrolling Providea where withprepositionalphrases NeartheparkBelowthesurfaceofthewaterInChicagoThroughoutthecrowdedroomInsidethelunchroom 39 Here sanexcellentbeginningbyoneofyourclassmatesatArrington ItwasanearlyTuesdaymorninginTokyoJapan ThesunstartedtoriseoverJuanLee shouse Boom JuanLeeandhisfriendJenwenttoseewhatwaswithallofthecommotion Thenthedoorcamecrashingdown ItturnedoutthatJuan sAuntLeekickedthedoordown Howdoeshestarthisstory Howdoeshegrabinterest 40 Canyoutellwhichpassageisnarrativeandwhichisexpository MartyandIjumpedtoourfeet Ohhhh IheardMartyletoutafrightenedmoan Istartedtobackaway IthoughtmaybeIcouldscrambleouttheothersideofthecar Butthesnarling growlingmonsterscameatusfrombothsides L leaveusalone Istammered Amonstercoveredintangledbrownfuropened 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