Expository Text Strategies
Here are some strategies to use with expository texts. Some strategies are great for both expository and narrative texts.
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| cubing.pdf |
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Get the Gist: Students learn to shrink paragraphs or entire passages into one main idea statement that is 10 words or less. First, identify the main character. Then, identify the most important thing about the main character. Last, put the information together in one sentence 10 words or less.
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| insert.pdf |
| intra-act.pdf |
| jigsaw.pdf |
| linguistic_roulette.pdf |
| link.pdf |
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| paired_reading.pdf |
| pmi_chart.pdf |
| prevoke.pdf |
| progressive_cinquain.pdf |
| qar.pdf |
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| sketch_to_stretch.pdf |
| tableaux.pdf |
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| write_a_song.pdf |