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Prezi: Main Idea and Supporting Details
Defines and provides examples of the main idea of a paragraph and also explores the meaning of key details.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Argument and Persuasion
A slide show with fourteen slides with notes, tips, and examples on how to write a persuasive essay.
Tom Richey
Slide Share: Text Structures: Analyze Organizational Methods
This slideshow focuses on text structures for informational texts including how the author's purpose helps determine the organizational pattern to use and how the reader can use clues to identify the text structure used. Five...
Read Works
Read Works: Designing From Scratch
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about using a design process to solve problems while building new buildings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Easy to Create Graphic Organizers
Two PDF's that can be viewed online or downloaded and printed. The first is one page showing students several examples of abbreviations that can be used when taking notes. The second is a four pages and shows how different types of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Organizing Your Paper
Two slideshows and a screencast on organizational patterns used when writing essays and speeches. The first is a 20-slide presentation explaining the seven most common organizational patterns used in writing: time sequence, spatial,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
Ten slides discussing the elements of a topic sentence and explaining how to write an effective topic sentence by using the acronym MAP (Main idea, Attitude, Preview).
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Mo Dept. Of Ed.: Writing Essays (Expository) (Lesson)
Lesson plan designed for seventh graders. Learners write expository essays that include details, facts, and examples. Includes prewriting handouts, some example paragraphs, some example prompts, and a scoring guide.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Expository Writing
This Web English Teacher provides great links and resources for assistance, activities, and information about expository writing.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Sample Expository Essay
This site is an example of a well-written expository essay from the University of Victoria. Gives excellent tips for students, such as organization, paragraph development, and support. W.9-10.2a Intro/org/graphics
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Text Features: Non Fiction [Pdf]
Compare the printed page to an electronic web page and use this activity to discuss the similarities and differences. A cross-curricular tie-in with ecosystems. Could easily be adapted to another subject area.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Scaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers
A three-part standards-based lesson in which students will use collaborative strategic reading to apply four reading strategies: preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap-up. They will work in cooperative groups while scaffolding...
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Livingston: Basic Guide to Essay Writing
This tutorial lists and discusses the steps to writing a good essay and provides a downloadable guide. It also allows you to view a sample essay. W.11-12.2a Intro/Format
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas
An explanation and examples of main ideas and supporting details.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Use Outlines, Notetaking, Graphic Organizers, Lists
Learn how to use outlines, notes, graphic organizers, and lists to help you evaluate and organize your ideas.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Additional Webs
Daily Teaching Tools include several graphic organizers. Some of the graphic organizers provided are for the planning of informative paragraphs, summaries, and literary response.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Persuasive and Expository Essay Maps
Teachers can scaffold writing instruction with the assistance of Daily Teaching Tools. Persuasive and expository essay graphic organizers are featured on this page.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Main Idea Worksheets
In this learning module, students will learn how to identify the main ideas in individual pararaphs. Worksheets, PowerPoint lessons, and activities are provided to reinforce the concept of main idea. This module is designed to support...
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Semantic Maps for Word Learning [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about semantic maps, an engaging instructional strategy tool. Teachers will learn how to implement semantic maps, understand how to measure progress with semantic maps, find research that supports semantic...
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Sydney: Module 3 Unit 1: Planning Your Essay
This unit index contains links with to guide students through the process of planning a multi-paragraph argumentative essay. Students will learn how to interpret the essay question, develop a writing plan, thesis, writing the argument,...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Classify and Categorize: Using Text Features to Find Information
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will develop research questions, classify information into an outline form, and use the features of nonfiction writing to identify information relevant to a research question.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Teaching Expository & Persuasive Texts: Writing Expository Essays
In an expository essay, a type of informational text, the writer clarifies or explains something by using facts, details, and examples in a clear and concise way. To write an effective expository essay, students need a basic...
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Dynamic Learning Maps: Essential Element, Linkage Levels, and Mini Map L.6.5.b
This is a helpful tool for teachers to understand how to teach Standard L.6.5.b. It explains the concept, describes different levels of understanding that students may have, and provides a list of ways students can demonstrate they have...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 3.1: Expository Essay
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to write an expository essay by providing evidence that supports a thesis, articulating concepts and information correctly and concisely, understanding the...