Expository Essay
How do you hook your reader?
Possible answers: Catching statement, Imagery -descriptive situation, Figurative Language, Song Lyric, Famous Quote (NOT FROM THE PROMPT)
What is the purpose of an expository essay?
To explain.
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
What resource can you use to help with editing(spelling words correctly)?
a Dictionary/Thesaurus
How do you write your thesis?
Look at the prompt state your claim....then "because of reasons 1, 2 .
How should you start each reason sentence?
With a transition word or transitional phrase.
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
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
What does a kernel essay look like for expository?
1. Hook & thesis 2. Body paragraph one from reason one 3. Body paragraph two from reason two 4.Conclusion
Name some transition words you might use.
Additionally, For one thing, Another point, therefore, however, etc.
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
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?
On day one of the writing STAAR, how should you pace yourself? What piece should you do first, second, third, etc?
1st: Read the WRITE Statement in the prompt, and do pre-write (planning) 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 thesaurus! Last: In your BEST handwriting, write your final copy.
What is a controlling idea?
Your thesis...what is paper is all about.
What can you refer to as an example in an expository essay?
A a famous person's experience, a situation from a movie, book, history, or current news.
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.
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.
What should you do the night before your test(s)?
Relax and get a good night's sleep - At least 8 hours!
What are the best choices for examples or evidence in your essay?
Answers should be one or the following:
Books, movies, celebrities, history, historical figures, pop culture, Songs, etc.
How should you conclude your expository essay?
Restate the thesis. Summarize your main points.
Wrap back around to the hook or Make a thought statement using "Imagine if..." "What if..."
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
(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
What should you do on the morning of your test(s)?
Eat a healthly breakfast, be on time to school, and be ready to show your awesome-ness!