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WENENATCHEE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

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Assistance for Learning

Mr. Zobel makes himself available to assist individual students, by appointment, either before or after school.

The English and Social Studies departments also provide a mentor teacher on Thursday evenings in the school library.

Mr. Zobel // Language Arts, Wenatchee High School

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In an expository paragraph you give information. You can explain a subject, give directions, or show how to do something. In expository writing, linking words like first, second, then, and finally are used to help readers follow the ideas.

This paragraph, like the others, organizes itself around three parts. A topic sentence allows the reader to understand what you are writing about. The middle part of the paragraph contains sentences that follow one another in a logical sequence of steps. The final sentence closes your subject with an emphasis on the final product or process desired by the topic.

Golden Bird

The key word is "explain."

Rubric Concepts

Traits: Organization, Content and Ideas

Literature: The teacher will select two to compare and contrast:

"The Struggle to be an All-American Girl" by Elizabeth Wong (344)

"Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King" by Alilce Walker (367)

"Homeless" by Anna Quindlen (461)

"Misspelling" by Charles Kurault (469)

Focus Areas: Simile, Metaphor, Imagery, Descriptive Details, Mood, Consistent Tense (third person).

	Explaining a Process		Explaining a Concept
	Chocolate cake with vanilla/almond frosting provides a tasty treat for any occasion. Follow the directions for making any flavor of chocolate cake. While the cake bakes in the oven, prepare a box vanilla frosting mix added with roasted and buttered almond slivers. Evenly coated in melted butter the almond slivers toast in a hot skillt for approximately ten minutes. The slivers thoroughly toast without turning crispy. Cool the toasted almonds and set aside a handful for the final touch. Fold the almonds into the vanilla frosting, and after covering the cake, sprinkle a handful of toasted almonds on the top. After serving this desert your guests will ask for the receipe of your chocolate/vanilla/almond cake.		Integrity. The word evokes the wonder of whether or not our society deserves its value. With constant whining about one's "rights" there exists the denial of personal responsibility and the accompanying lowering of personal worth. Where then are the individuals who will stand up to the demands of family unity, a strong work ethic, and a wholesome participation in the societal framework? These very demanding environments cry out for mature behavior in everyone, youth as well as adults. Only as each individual accepts responsibility for truth, honesty, and a job-well-done will integrity, once again, emerge as a pillar of our national pride.

	Explaining a Relationship		Explaining How Something Works

Transition and Linking Words

COMMON LINKING WORDS / PHRASES

* = Please refrain from using these terms

To show location:
	above across against along among around	away from behind below beneath beside betwen	beyond by down in back of in front of inside	into near off onto on top of outside	over throughout to the right under

To show time:
	about after at before during	first * second * third * till until	meanwhile today tomorrow next week yesterday	soon * later * afterward immediately finally	then * next * as soon as when

To compare things:
	in the same way similarly	likewise like	as also

To contrast things:
	but on the other hand	otherwise however	although yet	even though still

To emphasize a point:
	for this reason to emphasize	again to repeat	truly in fact

To conclude or summarize:
	as a result therefore	finally * last / lastly *	to sum up * all in all	in conclusion * in summary *

To add information:
	again also additionally equally important	in addition another and	besides for example for instance	moreover next * likewise	finally * as well along with

To clarify:
	in other words	put another way	for instance	that is