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Study Guides and Strategies: Expository Essays HandoutStudy Guides and Strategies: Expository Essays Handout
Publisher
Joe Landsberger
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Lexile Measures
1060L
Handout

Study Guides and Strategies: Expository Essays

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This page has eight basic steps for writing expository essays: select topic, write the thesis, choose a method of development, organize, write topic sentences for body paragraph, write the body paragraphs, write an introduction, and write a conclusion. W.11-12.2a Intro/Format

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

essays, expository essays

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category, guideline write, synthesize, thesis sentence, writing essays, writing guidelines, writing process, w.11-12.2a intro/format, writing, expository writing

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

W.11-12.2.a W.6.2.a W.7.2.a W.11-12.1.e W.8.2.a W.9-10.2.b W.9-10.2.f W.11-12.2.f W.9-10.1.e WHST.6-8.2.a W.11-12.3.e W.7.2.f W.8.2.f CCRA.W.2 W.8.2.b RI.7.9 W.9-10.2.a

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