| Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms Pamela Farris,
Northern Illinois University Carol Fuhler,
Iowa State University Maria Walther
Expository Text
Web LinksExpository Paragraph Frames
(http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/edis771/paragraph_frms.html)
Expository paragraph frames provide a structure for retelling information presented in expository text. They are based on the principle that information in exposition is structured in a way that is logical and serves to makes the information clear to the reader. |
| | | Expository Text K-6
(http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listexpositoju.html)
Internet resources, fun for kids, and lesson plans are all included in this site provided by Julie Hoopes. |
| | | Expository Text: The Choice for Some, A Challenge for Others
(http://www.big6.com/enewsletter/archives/spring00/pages.html)
The Big 6: Teaching Technology Information Skills offers this examination of factors involved in reading narrative vs. expository text, and includes suggestions, resources, and links. |
| | | Multi-Paragraph Segmentation of Expository Text
(http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hearst/papers/tiling-acl94/acl94.html)
This paper describes TextTiling, an algorithm for partitioning expository texts into coherent multi-paragraph discourse units which reflect the subtopic structure of the texts. The algorithm uses domain-independent lexical frequency and distribution information to recognize the interactions of multiple simultaneous themes. |
| | | Content, Domain, and Word Knowledge
(http://ericae.net/ericdb/EJ537439.htm)
This article by W.H. Rupley and V.L. Willson examines background knowledge and strategy knowledge from a broad view to better understand how they contribute to elementary-age students' reading comprehension of both narrative and expository texts. |
| | | Reading Instruction for ESL Students
(http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0300-6.htm)
Ohio Literacy Resource Center features this annotated summary of resources for reading instructors. This page describes and shares information from this text edited by K. Spangenberg-Urbschat and R. Pritchard. |
Software for Expository Writing
| Key Pals
(http://www.keypals.com/p/keypals.html)
An extensive master list of listservs from different organizations that link teachers to teachers, classrooms to classrooms, and individual students to other students. | | | | Amazon.com
(http://www.amazon.com)
After students have read a nonfiction book, they might write a finely polished book review and publish it through Amazon.com. Directions for posting a review are explained at the site. Students can read a number of reviews at this site to use as models for their own work. | | | | Excite Travel
(http://city.net/regions/)
Students use a map to reach various locations around the world. They can find photographs, information, and other links to related sites. | | | | Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
(http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/)
This is a free service to help teachers and their students link up with partners in other countries and cultures for a classroom e-mail dialogue. | | | | Say Hello to the World Project
(http://www.ipl.ort/youth/hello/index.html)
This site might be a great resource when studying carious cultures because it contains audio clips of words and phrases in a number of different languages, In addition, students can find information about language differences and other related resources. | | | | Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
(http://thomas.loc.gov)
Students can use this site to learn about historical documents like the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers. The e-mail addresses of members of Congress are also available. | | | | White House for Kids
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/kidshome.html)
This is a subset of the general White House link that provides information about the President and his family, includes a newsletter, and pinpoints selected information about White House events. Children can even leave a message for the President. They can also tour the White House via photos. |
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