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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

The Biography Ratio

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Expository, Ratios, The Chunk
  • Date December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017
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Hi. My name is Melissa. I was trained by you last school year with junior high and high school teachers of Ennis ISD. My seventh-grade students are writing a biography about an author. I’m requiring them to use the Jane …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

What is Expository Writing?

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Expository, Modes
  • Date January 5, 2017
January 5, 2017
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Dear Dr. D, I’ve been researching expository writing and keep getting this type of definition: Expository writing is devoid of descriptive detail and opinion. It contains just the facts. How can I reconcile that statement with the Schaffer method?  Thanks, …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

STAAR® Woes: Writing an Expository Essay Without It Transforming Into a Personal Narrative

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Expository, Testing
  • Date December 15, 2015
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  • Tags expository, STAAR, Test
December 15, 2015
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Dear Dr. D’, “I have a question regarding last year’s 7th grade Expository STAAR® Prompt.  We just took our 2015 benchmark (MOCK STAAR) and I am reading the students’ essays.  I am a bit confused about how they would have …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE (Week Three): The Expository Process

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Expository, Planning and Preparation
  • Date September 3, 2015
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September 3, 2015
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Week Three: Some of you might have asked your students to come to class today having watched a sports event on the weekend and bringing examples of play-by-play CDs and color commentator CMs. If so, use the first half of …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

The Best Laid Plans: Literary Analysis vs. Expository

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Expository, Literary Analysis, Modes, Planning and Preparation, Testing
  • Date August 20, 2015
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August 20, 2015
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Dear Dr. D’ I am a high school English teacher, and because the Writing section of Common Core does not list Literature, I am expected to teach non-fiction for writing purposes. Students need to learn and write about the classics! …

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Deborah Louis

The Conclusion of an Expository or Argumentative Essay

  • Posted by Deborah Louis
  • Categories Argumentation, Blog, Expository, Introductions and Conclusions
  • Date September 20, 2013
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September 20, 2013
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Dear Dr. D’, Could you review the conclusion portion of the argument essay and the expository essay?  I’m still struggling with that part. Answer:Sure.  Let’s start with expository.  Go to your expository packet and turn to the page on conclusions and …

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Deborah Louis

Teaching Expository/Informational Writing: Summarizing and Analyzing Non-Fiction Text, including the Research Paper

  • Posted by Deborah Louis
  • Categories Commentary, Concrete Details, Expository, JSWP Methodology, Planning and Preparation, Ratios, The Chunk, Workshop Descriptions
  • Date March 29, 2012
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March 29, 2012
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This workshop is two days, 5 hours each day (not including lunch). Day 1 is a prerequisite to Day 2. The morning of Day 1 covers part of the same content as Teaching the Paragraph in ELA and Content-Area Classes; …

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