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