1. Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing Book 2, Third Edition
Dave Kemper, Verne Meyer, John Van Rys, and Pat Sebranek, Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 2, 3rd Edition. © 2019 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

2. Chapter 9 Reading and Writing Expository Texts
Dave Kemper, Verne Meyer, John Van Rys, and Pat Sebranek, Fusion: Integrated Reading and Writing, Book 2, 3rd Edition. © 2019 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part.

3. Chapter 9 Outline This chapter addresses:
9.1 Understanding Expository Texts
9.2 Reading and Responding to Expository Texts
9.3 Planning an Expository Essay
9.4 Writing the First Draft
9.5 Revising the Writing
9.6 Editing the Writing

4. 9.1 Understanding Expository Texts
Expository writing provides information.
Types of expository writing:
Illustration: explains a main idea with specific reasons, facts, and details
Definition: explores the meaning of a word or concept
Process: describes how something works or how to do something
Classification: breaks a subject into categories and explains them
Cause-effect: identifies the reasons an event occurred
Comparison-contrast: explains how two or more subjects are alike and different

5. 9.2 Reading and Responding to Expository Texts (1 of 2)
Using a T Chart

6. 9.2 Reading and Responding to Expository Texts (2 of 2)
Recognizing transition words

7. 9.3 Planning Expository Writing (1 of 3)
When planning an expository essay of your own:
Brainstorm ideas to help identify a general subject area to write about.
Then choose a possible topic for your essay.

8. 9.3 Planning Expository Writing (2 of 3)
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Events or experiences
Interviews
Museum exhibits
Surveys/questionnaires
Letters/diaries/journals
Presentations or speeches
Textbooks
Magazine/journal articles
News reports
Websites
Books
Documentaries

9. 9.3 Planning Expository Writing (3 of 3)
Identifying a main idea and thesis statement

10. 9.4 Writing the First Draft (1 of 2)
To develop an opening paragraph:
Ask engaging questions
Make an important or dramatic statement
Start with an interesting story
To create the middle paragraphs:
Follow your organizational pattern
Develop one main point per paragraph
Provide enough information to make each point clear
Use transitions to help you move from one point to the next

11. 9.4 Writing the First Draft (2 of 2)
To create the closing paragraph:
Provide a thought-provoking idea
Provide a strong final quotation
Add an attention-getting title.
Pose a thought-provoking question: Is Marriage a Crime?
Identify your topic: Whale Watchers
Make a dramatic pronouncement: Trafficking in Slaves

12. 9.5 Revising the Writing (1 of 2)
Revising a draft involves adding, deleting, rearranging, and reworking parts of the writing. Adding clarifying details

13. 9.5 Revising the Writing (2 of 2)

14. 9.6 Editing the Writing (1 of 3)
Avoiding fragments

15. 9.6 Editing the Writing (2 of 3)
Avoiding run-ons and comma splices

16. 9.6 Editing the Writing (3 of 3)