100 10043 120 Sophomore Writing Workshop (ACP/SCP/GEN) 121, 122, 123 130 Writing in the Expository Mode 140 5-7 days 150 10 160 170 4 180 210 23.2 Language Arts - Explore and Respond to Liter 211 1.9.1 212 213 214 215 216 220 23.3 Language Arts - Communicating with Others 221 1.9.2 222 1.9.3 223 1.9.4 224 2.9.1 225 2.9.2 226 2.9.3 230 23.4 Language Arts - English Lang Conventions 231 1.9.2 232 2.9.1 233 2.9.2 234 3.9.1 235 3.9.2 236 3.9.3 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 300 300 What makes expository writing effective? 300 400 400 What is Exposition? 400 400 One of the most basic functions of writing or speech is to communicate information. Exposition is writing or speech that explains a subject or provides information to the reader. Encyclopedia articles, informational reports, how-to-instructions, and most textbook writings are forms of exposition. So too are expository essays whose chief purpose is to explain or inform. Often such essays communicate their information by explaining causes and effects, by comparing and contrasting data, or by stating a problem and offering a solution. Whatever form expository writing takes, it should be factual. If it contains opinions, those opinions should be based on stated facts. 400 400 How Exposition Fits Into Your Life 400 400 You most likely use exposition all the time without even noticing it. If you teach your kid brother how to tie his shoes or give a friend directions to your home, you’re using exposition. If you report to classmates on ancient Egypt or on modern computer technology, you’re using exposition. In fact, every time you explain something orally or in writing, you’re using exposition. 400 400 A lot of what you read and hear is also primarily expository – everything from weather reports on radio or TV to ballplayers’ stats in newspapers to the ingredients on food-package labels. Except for literature, your school textbooks are mainly expository, as are the reference works you consult when doing research. On the job, too, you’ll find that much of the material you read and write will be expository in nature, providing or summarizing information for employers, employees, or fellow workers. 400 400 (Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook, Annotated Teacher' s Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997, 64-65.) 400 400 Paper Options may include: 400 -- Comparison and contrast essay 400 -- Cause and effect essay 400 -- Problem and solution essay 400 -- How-to instructions 400 -- Definition or classification essay 400 400 Paper expectations: 400 * MLA format 400 * Beginning, middle, end and title 400 * Organization strategy effective for purpose of essay 400 * Awareness of audience (reasonable and appropriate language) 400 * Clear thesis statement 400 * Transitions (enumeration, connection to position) 400 * Effective support of position or delineation of ideas 400 * Effective integration of description, narration, and/or persuasion 400 * Objective 3rd person style (exception -- for personal experiences) 400 * Acceptable level of fluency 400 * Grammatical correctness 400 400 400 500 500 When writing in the expository mode students will: 500 500 -- Develop and utilize prewriting skills and strategies, 500 -- Develop and incorporate drafting skills, 500 -- Develop and implement editing skills and strategies (peer and self), 500 -- Demonstrate awareness of audience by using reasonable and appropriate language, 500 -- State clearly the position of the paper (thesis statement), 500 -- Recognize and utilize effective transitions, 500 -- Recognize and select an organizational strategy effective for paper purpose, 500 -- Recognize and write paper in the third person (with exceptions for personal anecdotes), 500 -- Produce a final draft that meets standards of acceptability in fluency and grammatical correctness. 600 600 All students will: 600 600 -- Be instructed on the steps of the writing process. 600 -- Be shown models of quality writing in the various expository modes. 600 -- Be made aware of difference organizational strategies for different paper purposes. 600 -- Conference with his/her teacher to discuss the quality of his/her writing, and to determine the steps necessary for improvement. 600 -- Receive written feedback on the quality of their writing. 700 700 Assessment of student writing in the expository mode includes student-teacher conferencing to determine successful completion of editing and achievement of standards for acceptable quality of the final draft, and written feedback regarding the quality of the final paper. 820 820 Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook. New Jersey: 820 Prentice Hall, 1997. 820 820 Examples for Comparison and Contrasting essays may include: 820 -- "Personalities" by Suzanne Britt 820 -- "Neat People vs. Sloppy People" by Dave Barry 820 -- "We've Got the Dirt on Guy Brains" by Dave Barry 820 820 Examples for Cause and Effect essays may include: 820 -- "The Honesty Virus" by Clive Thompson 820 820 Examples for Problem and Solution essays may include: 820 -- "Skateboarding" by Nicholas Rider 820 820 Examples for How-to Instructions may include: 820 -- "How to Defend Someone You Know is Guilty" by David Feige 820 820 Examples for Definition/Classification may include: 820 -- "The Seven Ages of Walking" by Elizabeth Wray 820 -- "Spanglish" by Dan Cook and Christina Garcia