Expository Essay
Expository Extras!
Revising & Editing 1
Revising & Editing 2
Test Taking Strategies
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How do you hook your reader?
Possible answers: startling statement, quote/explanation, comparison, short personal experience, philosophical explanation, humorous statement.
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What is the purpose of an expository essay?
To explain a topic.
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What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Your brain is responsible for controlling the muscles that you move intentional. a. Add a comma before for b. Change controlling to controling c. Change intentional to intentionally d. This sentence should not be changed.
c. Change intentional to intentionally
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What resource can you use to help with editing(spelling words correctly)?
a dictionary
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Name five tips that will help you during the editing/revision portion of the STAAR test.
-Read the questions first. -Circle the sentences that have incorrections in the passage. -Mark answer choices dealing with spelling and tense. -Identify the tense of the passage. -Break apart contractions in answer choices. -Read the passage "aloud." -Read the sentence before and after the incorrect sentence. -Use the process of elimination. -Use a dictionary/thesaurus.
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What is the thesis statement? What is the formula for a thesis?
A thesis statement is the main idea of you paper. It is what you are explaining in the body paragraphs. Topic + (Supporting Detail 1) and (Supporting Detail 2)
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What should you do BEFORE you begin writing your essay? What should you do AFTER you finish writing you essay? *Mrs. Tuck will be angry if you do not do these two things on the STAAR test. :) (The smiley face will turn into a >:[ face)
-!!!BRAINSTORM!!! MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE WRITING ABOUT !!! Write the thesis statement, determine the supporting details you will use to explain your thesis, incorporate graphic organizers to help plan. -!!!REREAD AND REVISE!!! Make corrections, make sure your paper does not lose focus.
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What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: It's main functions are to control your balance and to enable your muscles to work together. a. Change It's to Its b. Change are to is c. Change balance to balence d. No change needs to be made in this sentence.
a. Change It's to Its
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The word because does not appropriately connect the two clauses in the following sentence: The young boy led his schoolmates in songs because rescuers worked to free them from the wreckage. Which word should replace because? a. if b. while c. although d. where
b. while
200
Name a few ways you can take brain breaks during the test.
Roll around your neck. Close your eyes for one minute. Roll your shoulders around. (**Cannot stand up!)
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How should you plan to format your essay. *How many paragraphs, and what is contained in each paragraph.*
Paragraph 1. Hook & thesis Paragraph 2. Body paragraph one from reason one Paragraph 3. Body paragraph two from reason two Paragraph 4. Optional - Body paragraph three from reason three Paragraph 5. Conclusion
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What is the importance of transition words. Name five transition words you could use in your essay.
Answers will vary.
300
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence: Your brain helps you breath, keeps your heart beating, and directs your stomach to digest food. a. Change breath to breathe b. Change beating to beeting c. Change directs to directing d. This sentence should not be changed.
a. Change breath to breathe
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Which sentence in this paragraph should be deleted? How could a child be so brave? Why had a little boy risked his own life to save his fellow students? Where was the courageous boy's mother? When reporters questioned the young boy, he answered, "I was the hall monitor. It was my job to look after my classmates."
Where was the courageous boy's mother?
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On day one of the writing STAAR, how should you pace yourself? What piece should you do first, second, third, etc?
1st: Read all of prompt page, and do pre-write on one blank page. 2nd: Complete the multiple choice section of the test, bubbling in the correct answers on your scan tron. 3rd: Go back and begin your rough draft. 4th: Revise and edit: use a dictionary & a thesarus! Last: In your BEST handwriting, write your final copy.
400
Write a thesis statement for the following prompt: Write an essay explaining the importance of honesty.
Answer will vary.
400
What can you use as an example in an expository essay?
Facts and statistics, reasons, causes and effects, personal/observed experiences, definitions, comparisons and contrasts, steps in a process.
400
What is the correct way to write these two sentences? The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord. Which connects to most of the nerves in your body. a. The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body. b. Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body. c. Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body. d. The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
d. The brain stem connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
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Which sentence could be added to the end of this paragraph to strengthen the introduction to this paper? During the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics, most people weren't watching the athletes. Instead they were watching the small boy who was walking next to the famous Chinese basketball player. The boy's entrance brought enthusiastic cheers. That's because nine-year-old Lin Hao was more than just a kid. a. He was a great kid. b. He was in school. c. He was a national hero. d. He was exceptionally cute.
c. He was a national hero.
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What should you do the night before your test(s)?
Pack a water bottle, relax, and get a good night's sleep.
500
Write a thesis statement for the following prompt. Write an essay explaining the meaning of the famous quote "You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make it drink."
Answers will vary.
500
How should you conclude your expository essay?
Revisit the thesis, summarize the main idea, re-address a quote or personal example in the introduction, summarize the supporting details.
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What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence? With all its intricacies, the human brain is a sensative and delicate organ. a. Change intricacies to intracacies b. Change sensative to sensitive c. Change delicate to delacate d. No changes are needed.
b. Change sensative to sensitive
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(1) Just a few months earlier, Hao had been at school on a typical day. (2) Without warning, the ground beneath him began to tremble. (3) Hao's school was at the very heart of an earthquake. (4) Windows shattered, and shelves toppled over. (5) Finally the whole building collapsed. (6) Hao somehow managed to climb out of the rubble and save himself. (7) He risked his life to pull two of his classmates to safety. The author would like to add the following sentence to this paragraph. Then, despite his own injuries, Hao went back into the ruins. Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence? a. After sentence 1 b. After sentence 2 c. After sentence 4 d. After sentence 6
d. After sentence 6
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What should you do on the morning of your test(s)?
Eat a healthly breakfast, be on time to school, bring your water bottle and highlighter, and be ready to show your awesome-ness!
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