Writer's Choice Grade 6

Unit 5: Expository Writing

Unit Activity Lesson Plan

Introduction
Students will complete a crossword puzzle, using words and concepts from the unit on expository writing.

Lesson Description
Students will review the unit on expository writing by completing a crossword puzzle. For directions, they can press the Instructions button in the lower-left corner. If they need a hint, they can press the Word List button. After finishing the puzzle, they can click the Check button to see how well they performed.

Instructional Objectives

Students will match words related to expository writing with their definitions.
Students will identify strategies for organizing expository writing.

Student Web Activity Answers
expository: type of writing that informs
contrast: to show how things are different
compare: to show how things are alike
steps: A process is usually explained as a series of __________.
quotation: Use these marks around any information taken word for word from a source.
then: a transition word used between steps in a process
definition: one type of writing that informs
Venn diagram: a way to organize details being compared and contrasted(2 words)
surprises: When writing a book report, you should not give away any __________.
broad: When writing a report, the topic cannot be too __________.

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