Expository+and+Culture+and+History

Reading TEKS/SEs
As it applies to Expository Texts 1.13 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to (A) identify the topic and explain the author's purpose in writing about the text. Expository

1.14 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: (A) restate the main idea, heard or read; (B) identify important facts or details in text, heard or read; (D) use text features (e.g., title, tables of contents, illustrations) to locate specific information in text.

Vocabulary 1.6 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. Students are expected to: (B) determine the meaning of compound words using knowledge of the meaning of their individual component words (e.g., lunchtime); (C) determine what words mean from how they are used in a sentence, either heard or read;

Writing TEKS/SEs Writing: Expository and Procedural Texts 1.19 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write brief compositions about topics of interest to the student; <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(C) write brief comments on literary or informational texts.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teaching Point (Objectives): <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teaching point <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students should learn to distinguish between Literary texts and Expository texts. Expository texts are based on facts that can be proved. They are written to explain the topic and main idea about the topic. Literary texts are written to entertain and tell stories that are not based completely on fact. Students need to learn to navigate the text structures in order to locate information efficiently and to help them comprehend the Expository text. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students are also expected to write simple Expository texts using a combination of simple pictures and words to explain their new learning.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Essential Questions: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Expository Text <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Expository & Procedural Texts <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">_
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does expository text explain information about a topic to a reader?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why is expository text made up of facts and details that can be proven?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why is effective expository text written by people who know a lot about the topic?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why does expository text have a main idea?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does text evidence support the main or big idea in expository text?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does thinking about what the reader wants to know help the reader to comprehend expository text?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do readers of expository text go back and reread certain parts?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do readers of expository text use the words and pictures/illustrations in books to help them retell what they read?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How does using the title, table of contents, and pictures/illustrations help the reader to locate information quickly?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do readers make inferences about the topic by putting clues together?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do writers write expository texts?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Why do writers write about what they have learned?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What kinds of comments do writes make on informational text? Literary text?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How do writers leave comments on texts so they can locate information quickly?

- Create an anchor chart going over the features of a non fiction text ( use a non fiction historical text of your choice). Here is a link to some free text feature cards you can print if you'd like to use them for your chart: http://bainbridgeclass.blogspot.com/2011/10/guided-reading-how-it-looks-in-room-10.html
 * Day 1 and 2: Non Fiction Text Features:**

- Be sure to go over features such as: title, table of contents, glossary and illustrations and captions - Have students go on a Non Fiction Text Feature Scavenger Hunt at table groups. Discuss findings and have students talk about why these features are there and what they can tell us about the text. Use the essential questions to engage students and discuss how expository text can give us information about a topic, including facts and details. - Have students write 2 facts that they learned from their book, share and pair with table and discuss what text feature they used to find this information.

Here is an example of a format you may want to use for your scavenger hunt:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 2: Fiction and Non Fictions Contrasting **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Choose two books to compare and contrast, one that is Fiction and one that is Non Fiction
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review what a Venn Diagram is and its purpose.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brainstorm features of the non-fiction book and compare/contrast using Venn Diagram with the fiction text.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Focus on: title, pictures, captions, diagrams, headings, facts

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Day 3:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chart: Engage, Explore, and Explain

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduce the "EEE!" chart and have one for you to complete as an anchor chart as a group (on anchor chart with questions already listed to guide you and students in using this new tool)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduce a nonfiction text about Texas history and complete the Engage section on the chart using the questions to guide you.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Read aloud text and during the read aloud, complete the Explore questions of the chart.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After reading text, complete the Explain questions of the chart.