Expository Writing For the 7th Grade WASL

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Expository Writing For the 7th Grade WASL

• Create a Plan
• Brainstorm as many ideas as possible in 3 minutes

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Create an Introduction

• Start with a Hook or a Bang

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Ask a Question

• It starts to engage your reader
• Have you ever . . .?
• Why would you. . .?
• What is . . .?

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Tell A Story

• It shows your connection with the topic
• I remember when . . .
• The first time I . . .

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Provide a Description

• Create a picture
• Use all of the senses you can to help the reader
  visualize what you are describing

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Provide Dialogue

• Make up dialogue or remember dialogue
• Something you said, or a parent said or another
  person said

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Imagine and Create a Scenario

• Try to imagine taking a friend there, or your
  next visit or what it would be like to describe
  it to a friend

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Give an Example

• Give an example of something special you would do
  or see or experience there.

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Explain or Define Words

• Think of something that might be unclear to the
  reader and explain it to them
• Perhaps you are thinking that . . .

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Add More Details

• Think of something you havent added to create a
  greater picture
• For example you could describe the food you eat
  there

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Elaborate

• Pick at least one detail to elaborate in revised
  paper.
• Make sure to create a string of at least 3
  sentences to fully explain this detail

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Conclude

• Create a book end to match the intro
• Check your opening statement and close on the
  same note.