Expository Text

Reading:

It's not just chapter books anymore.

Chapter Books Narrative Text	Text Books Expository Text
Tells a story	Delivers information
Has a predictable storyline	Has a variety of text patterns
Needs no other information	Often needs other resources for support
Can include illustrations	Uses a variety of graphics to deliver information
Uses a minimum of new words	Includes content vocabulary
Provides context clues to help understand new words	Provides few or limited context clues for new words

Text structure for expository text can be:

Cause and Effect - show how things happened because of other things

Compare/Contrast -likenesses and differences of concepts, events, facts, people, etc.

Listing - showing the order of importance or some other order

Main Idea/Supporting Details - can be in the form of a question followed by the answer

Problem/Solution - show a problem from development to solution

Sequencing - shows the development of the topic in the order events occurred

Semantic Map - helps show how details are connected

The SQ3R Textbook Reading Method

Before you read, Survey the chapter:	• the title, headings, and subheadings • captions under pictures, charts, graphs or maps • review questions or teacher-made study guides • introductory and concluding paragraphs • summary
Question while you are surveying:	• Turn the title, headings, and/or subheadings into questions; • Read questions at the end of the chapters or after each subheading; • Ask yourself, "What did my instructor say about this chapter or subject when it was assigned?" • Ask yourself, "What do I already know about this subject?" Note: If it is helpful to you, write out these questions for consideration. This variation is called SQW3R
When you begin to Read:	• Answer questions at the beginning or end of chapters or study guides • Reread captions under pictures, graphs, etc. • Note all the underlined, italicized, bold printed words or phrases • Study graphic aids • Reduce your speed for difficult passages • Stop and reread parts which are not clear Read only a section at a time and recite after each section
Recite after you've read a section:	• Orally ask yourself questions about what you have just read or summarize, in your own words, what you read • Take notes from the text but write the information in your own words • Underline or highlight important points you've just read • Use the method of recitation which best suits your particular learning style but remember, the more senses you use the more likely you are to remember what you read - i.e., TRIPLE STRENGTH LEARNING: Seeing, saying, hearing- QUADRUPLE STRENGTH LEARNING: Seeing , saying , hearing, writing!!!
Review: an ongoing process.	Now that you have consolidated all the information you need for that chapter, periodically review the Sheet/Map so that at test time you will not have to cram.

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Textbook Information Maps

Compare and Contrast Map

Cause and Effect Map

Chapter Concept Map

Topic - Divided Page

Vocabulary - Divided Page

Resources
http://www.big6.com/2002/09/17/expository-text-the-choice-for-some-a-challenge-for-others/
http://www.connieprevatte.com/teacher_expository/default.htm
http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt39.htm#text
http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt38.htm
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