Creatively Creating Expository Essays

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Creatively Creating Expository Essays

Description:

In groups, students create inventions using common objects such as pipe cleaners that could have been in "Fahrenheit 451". Students share how their inventions work, then draft expository essays explaining either their purpose or how they were built.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Inventions, Bradbury, Ray

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Kara Davis

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/lessons/LA.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

3. produces final documents that have been edited for: correct spelling; correct punctuation, including commas, colons, and common use of semicolons; correct capitalization; correct sentence formation; correct instances of possessives, subject/verb agreement, instances of noun/pronoun agreement, and the intentional use of fragments for effect; and correct formatting that appeals to readers, including appropriate use of a variety of graphics, tables, charts, and illustrations in both standard and innovative forms.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.

3. uses details, illustrations, analogies, and visual aids to make oral presentations that inform, persuade, or entertain.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.

4. applies oral communication skills to interviews, group presentations, formal presentations, and impromptu situations.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Writing

Standard 1: The student uses writing processes effectively.

2. drafts and revises writing that: is focused, purposeful, and reflects insight into the writing situation; has an organizational pattern that provides for a logical progression of ideas; has effective use of transitional devices that contribute to a sense of completeness; has support that is substantial, specific, relevant, and concrete; demonstrates a commitment to and involvement with the subject; uses creative writing strategies as appropriate to the purposes of the paper; demonstrates a mature command of language with freshness of expression; has varied sentence structure; has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics, usage, punctuation, and spelling.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards: Language Arts (1996)

Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3: The student uses speaking strategies effectively.

1. uses volume, stress, pacing, enunciation, eye contact, and gestures that meet the needs of the audience and topic.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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