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Expository text. designed to explain or provide information seems to lead to more word learning. typically defines words, provide examples, and provides illustrations Six of the more important types of expository texts: enumeration-description, time sequence, explanation-process, compare-contrast, problem-solution, and cause-effect.
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1. Comprehension Cards Print these questions out using different color paper for each section, e.g.:
Expository before: red
Expository during: blue
Expository after: yellow
Narrative before: green
Narrative during: orange
Narrative after: purple
2. Expository text designed to explain or provide information
seems to lead to more word learning.
typically defines words, provide examples, and provides illustrations
Six of the more important types of expository texts: enumeration-description, time sequence, explanation-process, compare-contrast, problem-solution, and cause-effect
3. What does the title tell me? Expository before reading
4. What do I already know about the topic? Expository before reading
5. What do the pictures tell me? Expository before reading
6. What do I want to learn about? Expository before reading
7. Does this make sense? Expository during reading
8. What have I learned so far? Expository during reading
9. What questions do I still have? Expository during reading
10. What new words did I learn? Expository after reading
11. What was this mainly about? Expository after reading
12. What did I learn? Expository after reading
13. What else do I want to know about _____________? Expository after reading
14. Narrative texts tell a story
creates a ‘story grammar’
15. What does the title tell me about the story? Narrative before reading
16. What do the pictures tell me? Narrative before reading
17. What do I already know about ______________? Narrative before reading
18. Who? Narrative during reading
19. What? Narrative during reading
20. When? Narrative during reading
21. Where? Narrative during reading
22. Why? Narrative during reading
23. How? Narrative during reading
24. What do I think will happen next? Narrative during reading
25. Who were the main characters? Narrative after reading
26. What was the setting? Narrative after reading
27. What was the problem? Narrative after reading
28. How was the problem solved? Narrative after reading
29. Why did _________________ do ____________________________? Narrative after reading
30. Graphic Organizers
