Unit 1
Features of expository text
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Expository writing is based on facts. Its main purpose is to provide information. It is often illustrated with photographs. It includes the following elements: • Introduction: opens up the topic • Development: provides details and examples relating to the topic • Conclusion: summarises the main points
Look again at ‘West Indian Manatees’. 1 Identify the elements of expository writing. 2 What information is given in the introduction? 3 How many paragraphs are there in the development section? 4 Summarise the conclusion. Speaking and listening Work in pairs. Which questions in your KWL chart were not answered? (If they were all answered, make up two new questions.) 1 Discuss how you will research the answers. List as many sources of information as you can. 2 Research and report back to the class. • Speak clearly and provide details. • Say where you looked for the information. Language Simple present tense – subject – verb agreement
We use simple present tense verbs for facts, for what is always done and for what is done regularly: Manatees are mammals. They live in water. We see manatees when we go fishing. If the subject is in the third person singular (he, she or it), the verb ends in ‘s’ . I, You, We, They... swim in shallow water. He, She, Dad, The manatee... swim s in shallow water. Verbs must agree with their subjects: The calf stay s with its mother. Calves stay with their mothers. The calf and its mother stay together.
1 Find six verbs in the simple present tense in ‘West Indian Manatees’.
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• Text features: See Sample compositions page 175. Ask students to think of as many different kinds of non-fiction texts as they can. Discuss the features of each. • Speaking and listening: Encourage students, if possible, to visit the library, search the internet, ask adults and look in an encyclopaedia and more. Encourage them to report information to the class.
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