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\nUnforgettable...\n

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\nMiddle and high schoolers remember their most memorable experiences, and then connect their own narrative with an exposition about the topic associated with their experience. This New York Times instructional activity would be a...\n
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\n\"Leading\n\n
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\nLeading into Good Writing\n

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\nDiscuss the importance of a lead in writing with your upper graders. They examine several examples of leads from literature and practice writing leads for pieces of artwork. They then select a topic from a list and write an introductory...\n
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\n\"Expository\n\n
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\nExpository Journal Prompts\n

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\nStuck for a journal topic? Download CAHSEE’s 21 “Expository Journal Prompts” as a pdf handout for yourself or class. A great resource for your writing program, print it up and add it your curriculum library.\n
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\nLesson Plan 11: Beginnings\n

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\nEvery good novel needs a solid beginning! Setting the stage can have your budding authors stumped, so use this lesson to get them thinking. After examining the plot rollercoaster image (included) they consider the four places...\n
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\n\"What\n\n
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\nWhat Makes a Novel a Novel? \n

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\nAs your authors prepare to write a hypothetical novel, they need all the inspiration they can find! Using a book they have already read (and enjoyed), learners complete a literary analysis by filling in eight short-answer...\n
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\nParts of Plot\n

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\nQuestions are given on each slide of this presentation, asking learners to identify parts of plot. The questions have two answers per slide for readers to choose between, multiple-choice style. The last two slides are labeled \"Great Job\"...\n
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\nElements of Plot\n

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\nCinderella wants to go to the ball and marry the prince. At the end of the story, she does! But how does the plot move from the exposition to the resolution? Teach language arts learners and fairy tale fans about the basics of plot...\n
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\nIsolated Scenes and Plot Support (English II Reading)\n

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\nAnd the plot thickens! The third interactive in this series introduces young scholars to the cause-and-effect nature of a fictional story plot. They learn about the characteristics of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,...\n
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\nStory Elements \n

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\nMiddle schoolers in particular will benefit from this simple presentation. Forty slides cover story elements like the protagonist, antagonist, and setting, and literary devices are also included. Some examples are given, but for the most...\n
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\nExploring the Expository Scenes in Macbeth\n

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\nStudents examine the function of exposition in play structure. They will be able to develop multiple interpretations and visual and aural production choices for Shakespearean scenes and choose those that are most interesting.\n
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\nELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5\n

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\nYour young scholars already know when they like a story and when they don't, but they may not know that the plots of these stories are shaping that opinion. Like all resources in this series, the two activities and quizzes provided here...\n
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\nSonata Form\n

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\nIn this sonata form worksheet, students examine the three main portions of the sonata form. They read about the exposition, recapitulation, and the development. There are no questions associated with this worksheet about the Classical...\n
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\nPlot Summaries\n

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\nFor this plot summaries worksheet, students read the plot summaries and write what the expositions, inciting moments, rising actions, climaxes, falling actions, and denouements are in them. Students do this for 2 plot summaries.\n
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\nStorytelling in the Oral Tradition\n

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\nSeventh graders research Greek mythological characters. They write about problems faced by middle school-aged children and how the character would handle them. Students also create story boards to accompany their oral narratives.\n
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\n\"Exposition\n\n
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\nExposition Park Virtual Birding Field Trip\n

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\nStudents explore a variety of sources, including their experiences in visiting places. They access information online, observe and make determinations based on observations. Students hypothesize about observations of bird behavior.\n
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\nCharacter and Situation\n

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\nDelve into narrative writing that puts choice in the hands of the writers. Kids pick their own characters, emotions, items, and places from a list and tie them together in the exposition. Several questions help guide the writers toward...\n
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\nPlot of a Short Story (SMART Board) \n

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\nHelp your pupils track the plot of a short story with this SMART Board activity. Using the short story \"The Dinner Party\" by Mona Gardner (though the lesson would work with any other short story), they define the exposition, rising...\n
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\nPlot Structure PowerPoint Presentation\n

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\nA plot diagram helps readers visualize the structure of a story. Here’s a presentation that expands upon the traditional diagram and examines plot components (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) as well as...\n
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\nBuilding Fiction: Elements of a Short Story\n

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\nYoung scholars define and interpret the elements found in a short story. Then they identify the elements of plot found in a short story. Students also apply knowledge of plot to an original work of fiction. Finally, they identify the...\n
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\nShort Story Framework\n

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\nThe class gets creative after listening to a short story containing a definitive structure. They are required to think about character, relationship, and setting, while attempting to show rather than tell, in their writing. Dialogue,...\n
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\nIndustrial Revolution - Inventor's Exposition\n

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\nSixth graders examine the impact of the Industrial Revolution on America today.  In this American History instructional activity, 6th graders research a specific inventor from this time period.  Students write a paper...\n
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\nAccentuate the Expositive: Unit 2 Expository Writing\n

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\nStudents analyze narrative passages in order to improve their writing skills. In this narrative writing lesson students use the same style of writing that they have analyzed in their own narrative passage.\n
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\nIntroduction to John Updike\n

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\nExpand your pupils' understanding of the short story genre with a study of John Updike and his story \"A&P.\" This lesson, the fourth in a series of fourteen, invites learners to examine literary terms and read and discuss the story....\n
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\nSTEMbite: Exploring Shadows\n

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\nWhen your sprouting scientists are learning about light, have them watch this video to consider what happens to an object's shadow when there is more than one light source. The teacher involves several teens at an educational convention...\n
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