Assignment 1 Week 11

Assignment 1 Week 11

Expository Text

 

From my experience, most students do not like reading expository text.  As stated in the article, students learn to read narrative text first, because these stories are story-like structures and are entertaining to read.  They engage the students’ imagination and their desire to read more.  On the other hand, expository texts are usually laden with dry academic vocabulary.  Students begin reading expository text in the form of biographies of famous people and move on to more academic expository text which include cross-curricular information.   

Every Monday and Friday, our 6^th grade teachers take time to group read expository text, reading in the content area.  The expository texts are social studies and science real-world information.  The students enjoy “popcorn” reading of the text as a class.  It keeps their interest more than reading the articles independently.

 

We do have class discussion and answer questions regarding the passages; however, I would like to try the idea of using graphic organizers to teach expository text structure.  Even though I am a math teacher, this analysis of expository text will help my students with comprehension of a math problems and critical thinking.  The graphic organize will help students with sequencing, organization, and problem solving which is needed in math.