The Empowering Writers approach to expository writing provides a framework for instruction that is consistent across and between grade levels in regard to specific writing skills, common vocabulary, and learning outcomes.

• Effective methodology for whole class instruction
• Powerful connection to reading and writing
• Detailed lesson plans with clear objectives
• Annotated models
• Student Writing Activities
• Scope and sequence that ensures consistency, assured experiences and a common language across and between grade levels
  

Empowering Writers' Comprehensive Expository Guide is a teacher friendly resource that provides all the tools teachers need to successfully teach expository writing.

This 400+ page resource has everything teachers need to successfully teach Expository writing.

• organization – understand the shape that an expository piece takes as well as the salient characteristics of this kind of writing
  

• crafting broad yet distinct main ideas -  the body of an expository piece is made up of paragraphs, each defined by a main idea.  Each main idea is explored through a variety of supporting facts and details. However, main ideas need to be carefully selected so that they are broad enough to cover a range of related details, while being clearly distinct  from other main ideas in the piece.
  

• supporting details –this involves so much more than assigning adjectives to nouns! – the author needs to not simply create a “grocery list” of facts, but needs to expand on facts and link them to bigger questions about their relative importance. 
  

• introductions and conclusions – besides introducing and concluding the piece, introductions and conclusions serve to set a purpose for reading and to engage and interest the reader.
  

• powerful details/”golden bricks” –  powerful techniques for showing rather than telling which include the use of quotes, anecdotes, statistics.

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Additional resources for Expository Writing

 Write About Science

"Write About Science", builds on skills covered in our expository and narrative writing guides and applies these to science.  What makes this resource so helpful is the fact that the lessons are designed to be used seamlessly with your own science resources, content, thematic material, and activities.  more details  

Editing and Revising (Grammar and Mechanics) Sets

This invaluable resource covers a wide range of written communication skills that affect the fluency of a piece of writing. These include: grammar and mechanics, revising and editing skills.  more details

Expository Assessment Sets

This resource is an intensive, comprehensive, day by day review of both the critical expository writing skills and specific strategies for success on timed writing assessments.  more details