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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Narrative for Expository Text

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Lesson in which students read various narrative texts which provide a context for them to learn content-area topics. Narratives allow the students to begin to understand expository texts.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Book Look [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students look through a book to identify text features and complete a graphic organizer. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Research Roundup

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

A lesson plan in which students complete graphic organizers as they gather research information. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Just the Facts

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the topic and supporting details or facts. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Summarizing [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a text and record the main ideas and supporting details on a graphic organizer. Students then complete the organizer by writing a summary of the text. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Main Idea Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a text and record the main ideas and supporting details on one of the graphic organizers provided. Materials are included. [PDF]

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Exploring How Section Headings Support Understanding

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards

Teaching learners to pay attention to headings and titles as they read? Here you'll find a practical application for using an expository text to apply the concept of using headings. Geared toward older elementary students, but lesson...

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Super Summary [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which learners read a text and then complete a graphic organizer to help them write a summary. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Projected Paragraphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which learners read a text and highlight the most important details. Materials are included. [PDF]

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Keys to the Main Idea [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards

A lesson plan in which learners read a text a complete a graphic organizer to identify the main ideas and supporting details. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Structure Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which young scholars read short texts and sort them according to structure: cause and effect, problem and solution, question and answer, compare and contrast, description, and sequence. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Feature Find

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which students look through a book to find various text features including: a table of contents, sequence and format, charts/graphs/maps, diagrams/graphics/illustrations, print variations, an index, and a glossary....

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Read Write Think: Playing With Genre Through Newspapers and Short Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

Contains plans for three lessons that ask students to compare narrative writing (short stories) to expository writing (news articles) in order to understand what makes each genre unique. In addition to objectives and standards, this...

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CPALMS

Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn to compare and contrast texts about life cycles using a Venn diagram. Then, using the Venn diagram, students will write an expository paragraph including an introductory sentence,...

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Read Write Think: Using Thieves to Preview Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

Contains plans for three lessons that introduce a nonfiction prereading strategy with the acronym THIEVES, which stands for Title, Headings, Introduction, Every first sentence, Visuals and vocabulary, End Questions, and Summary. In...

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Seeing the World in Print Through Nonfiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Unit plan containing five lessons designed for tenth graders. They center around reading and writing nonfiction, and they teach skills such as identifying the features of nonfiction and writing expository texts. All are aligned to...

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Better Lesson: I See the Weather

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Students will answer text-dependent questions for the expository text "Seasons and Weather". While text-dependent questions have been around for a long time, Common Core asks teachers to focus on them during reading. This lesson includes...

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Better Lesson: Picture Walk and Partner Talk

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

Students will participate in a picture walk through the expository text "Seasons and Weather". The purpose of the picture walk is to prepare the students for reading the story and gives them practice in using picture clues to make...

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Exploration [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards

A lesson plan in which students read a text and complete a graphic organizer to identify the main idea and supporting details. Materials are included.

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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Fact Strip [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards

A lesson plan in which learners read a text and identify the topic and four facts presented within the text. Materials are included.

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Get the Gist: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

A five-part standards-based lesson in which middle schoolers learn to write a 20 word summary of an informational text by focusing on answering the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how. This strategy can be applied to any...

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Read Write Think: Expository Escapade: Detective's Handbook

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

Working on higher-level thinking skills with your readers is made easier with this lesson. You will have your students connect with and analyze a mystery story at their grade-appropriate level. Lesson plan, printable worksheets, and...

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CPALMS

Cpalms: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson plan, students will use What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page to identify the main topic and key details using the illustrations and text. Students will...

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Pbs Learning Media: How Disruptions Affect Animal Populations

For Teachers 6th - 9th

Students explore the effects that ecosystem disruptions can have on animal populations. They learn about the disruptions that have driven three species-the Madagascar fish eagle, the Iberian lynx, and the rowi kiwi, to the brink of...

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Read Write Think: Using Narrative for Expository Text

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Book Look [Pdf]

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Research Roundup

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Just the Facts

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Summarizing [Pdf]

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Main Idea Mania

Read Write Think: Exploring How Section Headings Support Understanding

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Super Summary [Pdf]

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Projected Paragraphs

Florida Center for Reading Research: Keys to the Main Idea [Pdf]

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Structure Sort [Pdf]

Florida Center for Reading Research: Exp. Text Structure: Text Feature Find

Read Write Think: Playing With Genre Through Newspapers and Short Stories

Cpalms: Compare/contrast Life Cycle Texts

Read Write Think: Using Thieves to Preview Nonfiction Texts

Seeing the World in Print Through Nonfiction

Better Lesson: I See the Weather

Better Lesson: Picture Walk and Partner Talk

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Exploration [Pdf]

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Fact Strip [Pdf]

Read Write Think: Get the Gist: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area

Read Write Think: Expository Escapade: Detective's Handbook

Cpalms: What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?

Pbs Learning Media: How Disruptions Affect Animal Populations

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