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Go to the Writing & Compositions section of your ELAR notebook *Expository Writing* Go to the Writing & Compositions section of your ELAR notebook

Opening Instructions: Go to a fresh page in Writing & Compositions On the top line, title the page Expository Writing In the upper right-hand corner, write 12/5

Expository Writing topics party family amusement park lunch animals television magazine sports school mall movie parent teacher love car

Instructions: Think about the topic you have selected. DECIDE what you want to explain about your selected topic. Create (write) your controlling idea. Remember that the controlling idea is the main point or direction of the expository writing piece. Also, the controlling idea should lead the reader to ask a question (i.e., Why? What? For what reasons? etc.)

will be evaluated on the following: Evaluated Criteria: Your EXPOSITORY Essay will be evaluated on the following: Content: Controlling idea Supporting Reasons Transitional Words/Phrases Grammar/Mechanics: Sentence variety Usage Spelling Punctuation Capitalization