3.18 Expository writing Questions

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Fantasy in
Short Story
Form

Unit 3
Lesson 3.18

Expository Writing
Organization

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How do authors create fanciful settings,
characters, and plots that interest readers?

How do fantasy authors combine the elements of
reality and imagination?

Essential Questions

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LEARNING
OBJECTIVES

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Students will be able to effectively use the elements of
expository writing.

Students will be able to organize an expository
response.

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Open Ended

Different types of writing appear or are organized differently. Why might this be? What could be the purpose of different structures in writing?

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Notes- Make sure to write these down

Copy the following information on expository writing structure into
your journal:

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Different types of expository writing have different structures
(think of instructions to build something, for example).

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Expository essays have three main parts:

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Notes

1. Introduction: Introduces the reader to the topic and provides the

main idea of the essay.

2. Body paragraphs: Reasons that support the main idea, with

examples and details.

3. Conclusion: Summarizes the main idea and describes a larger

connection.

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Open Ended

List your questions you wrote from last lesson: the ones on your assigned top

If you don't have them you will think of 5 questions and answer them on one the following topic: Mountains, Grapes, or Elephants

Make sure to write these down you will need them for next activity

Mix up

Take your questions/answers from last slide and put them out of order

Give them to your partner and take theirs

You will now try to put them in order

For this activity you will work with the person seated closest to you

[if your classroom teacher says no partners than you will skip this]

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Unit Final

Our unit final is an expository essay on fantasy stories. In
your essay, you will:

Explain how authors use different techniques to create
believable fantasy worlds.

During our next lesson we will organize and outline our
responses.

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