Day 6-12: Conducting Research to Write an Expository Paper on Survival Lesson Plan

Procedures: Day 6-12: Focus - Using Research to Write an Expository Paper

1. The students will get their writing folders and all of the information they have printed. The teacher will model how to use the information found through research to write an expository paper.

2. The teacher will use the Promethean Board to display a flow chart. The teacher and the students will work together using the flow chart to verbally rehearse an expository writing.

3. The students will then use a flow chart to add information based on their topics. The students will show the teacher their completed flow charts before beginning to write their rough drafts. The teacher will read the flow chart and make suggestions. Then the students will begin writing their rough drafts. The students will skip lines to allow for easy and neat editing and revising.

4. The students will edit their rough drafts for errors and add any sparkle words. The students will add and change words to improve their writing. For example, a student might change "good" to "excellent." The students will use a colored pencil to edit their papers.

5. After the students have edited and revised their paper, the students will have a peer edit and revise their paper. The students will work together to look at both of their papers and make positive suggestions.

6. The student will make any necessary changes in spelling and grammar before the teacher reads the rough draft.

7. The teacher will read the students' papers and make any additional suggestions. The teacher will also edit the students' papers for spelling and grammar errors.

8. After the students have made all changes and corrections to their rough drafts, the students will begin writing their final drafts.

9. The students will write their final drafts on plain white unlined computer paper.

10. Once the students finish their rough drafts, they will use the teacher's template for citing sources. The students will write their bibliography at the end of their expository writing. If a student has a question about where to find publication information, the teacher or another student will help the student find the correct information.

11. Once the students are finished, the students will use the writing rubric to grade themselves. The students will reread over their expository writing to grade themselves on content and development, organization, voice, conventions, and handwriting.

12. The students will turn in the final copy of their expository writing and the writing rubric stapled together. The students will also staple together all three note cards, any material printed off the Internet, flow chart, and rough draft.

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