Features of an Expository Text

Learning Competencies

Learning Objectives

Warm Up! Find a partner. With your partner, look for a short text from the internet where you can get information about the asteroid belt. Share this text in class and explain why you chose this text.

Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Words

Characteristics of an Expository Text

Characteristics of an Expository Text ●

Expository texts should provide information about a particular topic.

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These types of texts are usually written in paragraphs. It should contain a main idea, supporting details that explain the main idea, and a concluding paragraph.

Characteristics of an Expository Text ●

Information presented in an expository text should be organized in a clear text structure.

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Language used in expository texts is domainspecific in terms of vocabulary to precisely explain the topic.

Essential Question What makes expository texts different from other types of text?

Text Structures of Expository Text

Text Structures of Expository Text

Example

Example

Text Structures of Expository Text

Example

Example

Text Structures of Expository Text

Example

Analysis Read and analyze the expository text and answer the questions that follow. Are You a Good Leader?

Short Response Questions 1. According to the essay, what are the qualities of a good leader?

2. Why should a good leader have empathy? 3. How is the text organized? 4. What might be the purpose of the author in writing the essay?

5. How effective was the essay in explaining and/or giving information?

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Assignment

Merkur

Venus

Mars

Merkur ist der sonnennächste Planet und der kleinste

Die Venus ist der zweite Planet des Sonnensystems

Obwohl er rot ist, ist der Mars eigentlich sehr kalt. Er ist voll Eisenstaub

Literarische Rezension

Theorie 1

Theorie 2

Der Merkur ist der sonnennächste Planet und der kleinste, er ist nur ein bisschen größer als der Mond

Die Venus hat einen schönen Namen und ist der ist der drittkleinste Planet des Sonnensystems

Do you have anymore questions?