Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Let's Eat: An Expository Slideshow Presentation
Students will write a three-paragraph essay explaining the steps necessary to follow a recipe and then present and serve the recipe to their classmates.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Does the Reader Want to Know? Creating Research Questions
In this instructional activity, students will change a research topic into questions that they will specifically answer while doing their research.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Subject
Clear information about sentence subject, including definition, explanation of how to find subject, distinction between complete subject and simple subject, and other helpful points.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Paraphrase Craze: A Lesson in Expository Writing
This tutorial focuses on how to paraphrase using an excerpt from Poe's short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart." It defines paraphrase and plagiarism, presents examples, and explains what is incorrect about them. It is interactive asking for...
TES Global
Blendspace: Verbs and Quotes
A ten-part learning module. The first six lessons include links to videos, a worksheet, a word list, notes, and a learning game on verbs. The last four lessons include links to videos and information on paraphrasing, citing, summarizing...
Other
Prezi: Facts Are Sometimes Called Details
What are facts? Slideshow explains how to find facts while reading and that they are sometimes referred to as details.
Other
Prezi: Recalling Facts and Details
Slideshow investigates how to identify facts or details in a story.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Title Page Reveal: Finding Bibliographic Information
[Free Registration/Login Required] Practice locating the title, author and publication information of a book using real title and CIP pages, and a reveal tool.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Supporting Details: Anecdotes
Anecdotes are literary tools used to pique interest and engage readers. Used to evoke emotion, anecdotes are best used in the introduction or conclusion. This tutorial focuses on how to use anecdotes appropriately and effectively to make...
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: Narrowing Your Essay Topic
What steps can you take to narrow an essay topic? Delve into this awesome site to learn how.
Other
Plagiarism.org: How Do I Cite Sources?
Information and examples on how to cite sources, identify sources in the body of your paper, quote material, include long quotes, and list references in a bibliography, annotated bibliography, footnotes, or works cited page.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Types of Details: Test
This interactive quiz features six multiple-choice questions about types of details and their definitions.
Quizlet
Quizlet: Non Fiction Text Features 3rd Grade Match
Text feature terms (nonfiction) are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: map, table of contents, index, bold words, caption, timeline, heading, and glossary. Images of each of these text...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Think, Write, Read: Expository Writing
While this lesson's main focus will be centered on expository writing, it will also integrate reading, computer, and organizational skills. After reading the novel, Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, students will write an expository...