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Expository Writing Process. Read what you are going to write about!. Brainstorm ideas. Now, pick one to focus on! Give your inside information. Inside information. My inside information about my character. Why ______is ________. ( Ten of my reasons).
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Brainstorm ideas Now, pick one to focus on! Give your inside information.
Inside information My inside information about my character. Why ______is ________. ( Ten of my reasons)
Skeleton-Telling statementThesis statement(a work in progress)Tight and concise! What you promise your reader your writing is going to be all about! __________ is a _____________ character to me.
Plump it up-I don’t tell- I show-show-show! Deep and narrow, that’s the way to go! I don’t tell, I show-show- show!!!
_______ is ________ to me. Evidence- Back it up! Defend your reason! Evidence- Back it up! Defend your reason!
Expository EDGAR Exciting Intro- INFO. SHOT Driving reason- My THESIS statement Give me evidence- SHOW-SHOW-SHOW And another piece of evidence-SHOW-SHOW-SHOW wRap it up and leave my reader thinking-Info shot
ReviseGet REVVED UP for revising • L- Lead- Did your lead: • Did I start with an info shot? • O-Organization • 1. Do you have a beginning-middle-end? • 2. Do I have meaningful transitions? • V-Voice • 1. Is it thumb printed? • 2. Do you hear my thoughts and ideas? • E-Ending/Explode the moment • 1. Did I wrap it up and leave my reader thinking? • 2. Did I stick to the topic? • 3. Did I end with an info shot?
Editing Edit-Edit-Edit • 1. Circle beginning-repeats no where! • 2. Box punctuation-yes-it’s there! ?, !, . • 3. Tired words- I’ve taken out! (no said) • 4. Spell.-Cap.-Punc. – with out a doubt!
My Important Piece • Read- reread- every time you write a sentence.