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Expository Writing Project

Expository Writing Project. Assignment Choices: Essay, Brochure, or Blurb. Think About Your Purpose and Audience. Purpose: What are you going to explain? Audience: Other than your teacher, who do you intend to read this piece?. Getting Ready to Write.

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Expository Writing Project

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  1. Expository Writing Project Assignment Choices: Essay, Brochure, or Blurb

  2. Think About Your Purpose and Audience • Purpose: What are you going to explain? • Audience: Other than your teacher, who do you intend to read this piece?

  3. Getting Ready to Write • Are there any vocabulary words that your reader will need explained in order to make sense of your piece? • Remember, you are writing about something on which you are the expert.

  4. Follow the Steps of the Writing Process • Prewrite (brainstorm) • Compose (rough draft) • Evaluate (look for errors) • Revise (make structural changes) • Edit (make grammar corrections) • Publish (final draft)

  5. Choice #1 Write a Process Essay • A typical 4 - 6 paragraph report explaining how to do something • Usually would not have illustrations, etc.

  6. Essay Tips • Begin with an attention-grabbing introduction. • Write the instructions in a logical order, one step at a time. • Use transition words such as first, next, then, when, after, and finally to indicateorder. • Be sure to include all the steps, and explain each one clearly so the reader will be able to picture it. • Remember to end with an interesting conclusion.

  7. Choice #2Brochure • Describes a product, place, or situation using factual information • Usually folded in thirds • Contains 2-3 descriptive paragraphs plus pictures, illustrations, maps, etc.

  8. Brochure Tips • Use eye-catching graphics that enhance the meaning of the writing • Write 2 or 3 descriptive paragraphs that fully describe the place, product or situation

  9. Choice #3Blurb • Summarizes the contents of a novel in 3-4 carefully planned paragraphs • Designed to appear on a book jacket to help sell the book

  10. Blurb Tips • Choose a novel that you have read in its entirety • Focus on the first few chapters, the conflict it sets up • Analyze the central character and how they enter the plot • Plan to leave the audience hanging —do not give away the resolution! • Write 3-4 paragraphs—no graphics needed

  11. Choosing Your Expository Project: (multiple descriptive paragraphs)

  12. Choosing Your Expository Project: All 3: multiple descriptive paragraphs

  13. Timeline Thanksgiving Holidays — no school

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