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Title: Expository Writing For the 7th Grade WASL


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Expository Writing For the 7th Grade WASL
  • Create a Plan
  • Brainstorm as many ideas as possible in 3 minutes

2
Create an Introduction
  • Start with a Hook or a Bang

3
Ask a Question
  • It starts to engage your reader
  • Have you ever . . .?
  • Why would you. . .?
  • What is . . .?

4
Tell A Story
  • It shows your connection with the topic
  • I remember when . . .
  • The first time I . . .

5
Provide a Description
  • Create a picture
  • Use all of the senses you can to help the reader
    visualize what you are describing

6
Provide Dialogue
  • Make up dialogue or remember dialogue
  • Something you said, or a parent said or another
    person said

7
Imagine and Create a Scenario
  • Try to imagine taking a friend there, or your
    next visit or what it would be like to describe
    it to a friend

8
Give an Example
  • Give an example of something special you would do
    or see or experience there.

9
Explain or Define Words
  • Think of something that might be unclear to the
    reader and explain it to them
  • Perhaps you are thinking that . . .

10
Add More Details
  • Think of something you havent added to create a
    greater picture
  • For example you could describe the food you eat
    there

11
Elaborate
  • Pick at least one detail to elaborate in revised
    paper.
  • Make sure to create a string of at least 3
    sentences to fully explain this detail

12
Conclude
  • Create a book end to match the intro
  • Check your opening statement and close on the
    same note.
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