Teaching Expository Text
Expository Text Features
Student Expository Text Feature Organizer / Chart
Non-fiction text features lesson directions
non-fiction vocabulary
Physical Geography of Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
use text features to take
Cornell Style notes Ch. 28-1 Ch. 28-2
Into
Pretest Vocabulary-Non-fiction Unit (Quia.com)
Vocabulary Building Knowledge/Rating Scale
Through
Prereading organizer
use with Stopping a Toppling Tower
Non-fiction text-Stopping a Toppling Tower
use Big Fox graphic organizer
Non-fiction text-How does the body fight disease? p.1 p.2
use Big Fox graphic organizer
Non-fiction text-7th Social Studies text-Ch. 28
Physical Geography of Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
use text features to take Cornell Style notes
Beyond
Use Non-fiction text-Influenza (from Reading A-Z)
features and then attach to scavenger hunt page
Post Test vocabulary Non-fiction Unit (Quia.com)
Scavenger Hunt online at http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Compare/Contrast online at http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Resources
Life Science-How Does the Body Fight Disease-Globe Fearon
7th grade Social Studies text
Non-Ficton Text Scholastic.com
Pre-Reading Organizer Scholastic.com
Text Features – Non Fiction/Printed Page vs. Website Format
http://mbgnet.mobot.org
SCAVENGER HUNT –
Missouri Botanical Gardens/Evergreen Project
http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Influenza Reading A-Z
Big Fox Organizer The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
Student Expository Text Feature Organizer / Chart
Non-fiction text features lesson directions
non-fiction vocabulary
Physical Geography of Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
use text features to take
Cornell Style notes Ch. 28-1 Ch. 28-2
Into
Pretest Vocabulary-Non-fiction Unit (Quia.com)
Vocabulary Building Knowledge/Rating Scale
Through
Prereading organizer
use with Stopping a Toppling Tower
Non-fiction text-Stopping a Toppling Tower
use Big Fox graphic organizer
Non-fiction text-How does the body fight disease? p.1 p.2
use Big Fox graphic organizer
Non-fiction text-7th Social Studies text-Ch. 28
Physical Geography of Australia, Oceania and Antarctica
use text features to take Cornell Style notes
Beyond
Use Non-fiction text-Influenza (from Reading A-Z)
features and then attach to scavenger hunt page
Post Test vocabulary Non-fiction Unit (Quia.com)
Scavenger Hunt online at http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Compare/Contrast online at http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Resources
Life Science-How Does the Body Fight Disease-Globe Fearon
7th grade Social Studies text
Non-Ficton Text Scholastic.com
Pre-Reading Organizer Scholastic.com
Text Features – Non Fiction/Printed Page vs. Website Format
http://mbgnet.mobot.org
SCAVENGER HUNT –
Missouri Botanical Gardens/Evergreen Project
http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Influenza Reading A-Z
Big Fox Organizer The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
Expository Text Structures
Student Expository Text Structure Organizer
Into
Expository Text Lessons handout
Sejnnost/Thiese Anchor Text and Organizers
Through (all selections from TSTRN)
rd. selections/construct appropriate organizer-use structures from
Expository Text Lessons handout
-Description-p. 62 Our Country’s Landforms
-Sequence-p. 82 The Monroe Family
-Comparison/Contrast-pp.76-77 Coming to America
-Cause and Effect-p. 38 Return of the Wolves
-Problem and Solution-p. 50 Hanging by a Thread
Beyond (all selections from TSTRN)
Students will select one text and create the appropriate graphic
organizer
pp. 96-97 Black Blizzard-students will create a graphic organizer
for cause and effect
pp. 146-147 Journey Beneath the Earth- students will create a
graphic organizer for cause and effect
pp. 116-117 Willo’s Heart of Stone-students will create a
compare/contrast organizer to help them remember
pp. 156-157 The Fight for Suffrage-students will create an
organizer for problem and solution
p. 81 The Shirley Letters-students will create an organizer for
sequence
p. 91 Blizzard Warning-students will create an organizer for
cause and effect
pp. 106-107 Hapshepsut-students will create an organizer for
sequence (time order)
p. 151 The Country Doubles Its Size-students will create an
organizer for problem and solution
Resources
Paragraphs
The Blond Guitar http://grammar.about.
com/od/developingparagraphs/a/topicsupport.htm
Chocolate Cake http://whs.wsd.wednet.
edu/css/ExpositoryParagraph.html
Coral Reefs http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/9.html
Good Health http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/9.html
Should Dangerous Sports be Banned? http://www.writefix.
com/argument/sportsdo_ban.htm
Graphic Organizers from U-46 website
Text Structure Frames by Kristi Orcutt, Literacy Specialist,
kristio@essdack.org, www.essdack.org
Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction by Alice Bynton and
Wiley Blevins (TSTRN)
Student Expository Text Structure Organizer
Into
Expository Text Lessons handout
Sejnnost/Thiese Anchor Text and Organizers
Through (all selections from TSTRN)
rd. selections/construct appropriate organizer-use structures from
Expository Text Lessons handout
-Description-p. 62 Our Country’s Landforms
-Sequence-p. 82 The Monroe Family
-Comparison/Contrast-pp.76-77 Coming to America
-Cause and Effect-p. 38 Return of the Wolves
-Problem and Solution-p. 50 Hanging by a Thread
Beyond (all selections from TSTRN)
Students will select one text and create the appropriate graphic
organizer
pp. 96-97 Black Blizzard-students will create a graphic organizer
for cause and effect
pp. 146-147 Journey Beneath the Earth- students will create a
graphic organizer for cause and effect
pp. 116-117 Willo’s Heart of Stone-students will create a
compare/contrast organizer to help them remember
pp. 156-157 The Fight for Suffrage-students will create an
organizer for problem and solution
p. 81 The Shirley Letters-students will create an organizer for
sequence
p. 91 Blizzard Warning-students will create an organizer for
cause and effect
pp. 106-107 Hapshepsut-students will create an organizer for
sequence (time order)
p. 151 The Country Doubles Its Size-students will create an
organizer for problem and solution
Resources
Paragraphs
The Blond Guitar http://grammar.about.
com/od/developingparagraphs/a/topicsupport.htm
Chocolate Cake http://whs.wsd.wednet.
edu/css/ExpositoryParagraph.html
Coral Reefs http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/9.html
Good Health http://www.fauxpress.com/kimball/w/9.html
Should Dangerous Sports be Banned? http://www.writefix.
com/argument/sportsdo_ban.htm
Graphic Organizers from U-46 website
Text Structure Frames by Kristi Orcutt, Literacy Specialist,
kristio@essdack.org, www.essdack.org
Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction by Alice Bynton and
Wiley Blevins (TSTRN)
State Goals
1.A.3b Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context
1.B.3b Identify text structure and create a visual representation (e.g.
graphic organizer, outline, drawing) to use while reading
1.C.3c Compare, contrast and evaluate ideas and information from
various sources and genres
1.A.3b Analyze the meaning of words and phrases in their context
1.B.3b Identify text structure and create a visual representation (e.g.
graphic organizer, outline, drawing) to use while reading
1.C.3c Compare, contrast and evaluate ideas and information from
various sources and genres
W-Class and textbook notes
I-Critical Thinking Activities
C-Study Groups
R-Graphic Organizers
I-Critical Thinking Activities
C-Study Groups
R-Graphic Organizers