EXPOSITORY WRITING WORKSHOP

This workshop is intended for teachers of students in grade 3 and above, or any teacher responsible for teaching expository writing. Understand the key characteristics of expository writing as well as a proven, practical, research-based methodology that works in the real world of the classroom!

Come away with specific lesson plans with clear objectives that empower you to:

• understand a variety of expository writing challenges:  informational essay/report, the "how to" piece, compare contrast
• explore opportunities for analyzing the organizational structure of the expository essay
• learn specific strategies for crafting strong introductions with attention-grabbing leads
• create clear, concise topic sentences
• generate a number of broad yet distinct main ideas
• write a variety of powerful supporting details
• construct conclusions in which main ideas are creatively restated
• receive powerful exemplars of expository writing for classroom use

• Amarillo, TX
  June 19