1. Expository Essay
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2. Brain Dump EXPOSITORY ESSAY
Quick Write: List everything you recall about Expository Essays in one minute.

3. Basic Essay Structure EXPOSITORY
Activate prior knowledge quickly. Display anchor chart with basic essay framework with no labels or words. Ask students to draw the essay frame into interactive notebook and to discuss possibilities with partner. Teacher should listen for key terms: Introduction, body paragraphs, conclusion, thesis statement, topic sentences, evidence, etc. Ask for volunteers to discuss the framework. Then, display the image on the next slide to review common language.

4. Basic Essay Structure
EXPOSITORY

5. The Parts
Putting it all together

6. The Introduction Hook Transition Context Thesis
Illustrate: Show instead of tell.
Challenge: Raise reader expectations.
Quote: Make use of the wordsmiths
Compare/contrast: Evoke familiarity by comparing or create tension and expectation by contrasting.
Define: Define-or redefine in a unique way.
Make a provocative statement: Offer an amazing statistic or personal insight

7. Thesis
THE PROMISE

8. What’s the difference?
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9. The Body Types of Support Definition Description Details Examples
Facts
Anecdote
Quotation(s)
The Body
Topic Sentence
Support
Concluding Sentence

10. Evidence FIRST HAND SECOND HAND
First-hand Knowledge: Primary source, writer experienced it
Second-hand Knowledge: Secondary source, writer witnessed or heard about it
Mnemonic: HELP [history, events (current), literary, personal]

11. The Conclusion Book end the introduction:
Summarize thesis and key evidence
Re-visit the hook.

12. Scoring
Three Scoring Areas: Organization/Progression, Development of Ideas, Use of Language/Conventions