1. Expository TEXTS
An Introduction

2. In this lesson, you should accomplish 2 objectives:
Learn what we mean when we use the words expository text or expository writing
Purpose
Form – Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Examples
Begin to start thinking about how to recognise some basic features of expository texts
Structure
Grammar

3. Before you are told what expository writing is, do you think you can figure it out for yourself?
A Challenge

4. Instructions You are going to see 2 lists of titles
List 1: Examples of Expository Texts
List 2: Non-Examples of Expository Texts
After you go through the 2 lists, try and guess what expository texts are and answer a few simple questions.

5. List A: Examples of expository texts
A speech: The Importance of Good Manners
A research paper: Why Humans Sweat
An online manual: A Guide to Windows Vista
A book: All About Dalmatians
A magazine article: The Life of Mother Teresa
A persuasive essay: The Most Important Invention of the 20th Centaury
An essay: How to Think Like a Cat and Never Have to Go to School Again

6. List B: NON-Examples of expository texts
These are NOT expository texts.
A novel: A Wrinkle in Time
A movie: Death on the Nile
A comic: Spiderman!
A recount: My First Week in the GEP
A fable: The Hare and the Tortoise
A short story: The Ghost Who Came to Dinner
A letter to your best friend
A diary entry on how I spent the day
A nursery rhyme: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

7. Now that you have seen the two lists, try to answer the following questions before you click on the answer.
Quiz Time

8. Decide if the following are expository texts
After you decide on the answer, click to check if you are correct.
The trilogy: The Lord of the Rings No
An information report: The Singapore Bus Transport System
Yes
The documentation of an experiment: The Effect of Different Degrees of Plant Exposure to Cold
A story: The Day My Little Brother Ate the Family Goldfish

9. Now try to answer the question on the next slide
How did you do?
Now try to answer the question on the next slide

10. Is an expository text fiction or non-fiction?
Click for the answer.
The expository text is non-fiction
An expository text develops its ideas with
Factual information (FACTS!)
Real examples
Like COKE, it’s the REAL THING!

11. So what exactly is an expository text?
Read on to find out…
So what exactly is an expository text?

12. Expository Texts - Definition
An Expository Text is just a fancy phrase for things like information reports, book reviews, biographies, persuasive texts, texts that explain or instruct…the list goes on and on.
We are surrounded by expository texts! 
We can find expository writing in magazines, newspapers, speeches, essays, manuals, books, government documents and lots of other places.

13. Purpose
So what is the PURPOSE of an expository text?

14. Purpose The expository text is used to Explain a topic
Give information on a topic
Share an opinion on a topic

15. Some ways an expository text can tell us more about a topic:
An expository text can be used to:
Compare or Contrast two items
Example: Why More Boys Prefer Soccer to Basketball
Identify a Cause-Effect relationship
Example: How Smoking Causes Cancer
Explain with examples
Example: Why Charlotte Can be Considered a Good Friend to Wilbur
Divide and Classify
Example: 50 Common Breeds of Dogs
Define
Example: The Meaning of Life
Explain a process
Example: How to Drive Your English Teacher Crazy

16. Features of Expository Texts
Common characteristics
Features of Expository Texts

17. Structure Expository texts are written in a logical order
They may not necessarily be in chronological order – unlike most narratives!
Different expository texts have different structures.
If you would like more details on different structures of different types of expository texts, check these websites:

18. Tense What tense do you think most expository writing uses?
The Present Tense?
Or the Past Tense?
Pay close attention to the expository text you are going to read and decide whether it is in the present or the past tense.

19. Examples and Non- Examples
Examples and Non- Examples. Let’s look at these two slides one more time now that we’re clearer about what expository texts are.
Review

20. List A: Examples of expository texts
A speech: The Importance of Good Manners
A research paper: Why Humans Sweat
An online manual: A Guide to Windows Vista
A book: All About Dalmatians
A magazine article: The Life of Mother Teresa
A persuasive essay: The Most Important Invention of the 20th Centaury
An essay: How to Think Like a Cat and Never Have to Go to School Again

21. List B: NON-Examples of expository texts
These are NOT expository texts.
A novel: A Wrinkle in Time
A movie: Death on the Nile
A comic: Spiderman!
A recount: My First Week in the GEP
A fable: The Hare and the Tortoise
A short story: The Ghost Who Came to Dinner
A letter to your best friend
A diary entry on how I spent the day
A nursery rhyme: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

22. Your Task
Download the worksheet Expository Text and Short Story from 5rv.wikispaces.com/Writing
Follow the instructions on the worksheet.

23. A word of advice before your go
Remember to take a break every 30 minutes
THE END