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Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- Explanatory and expository text is writing that examines and explains complex ideas or processes, utilizing information from multiple credible research sources.
- Explanatory and expository writing has an organized structure, and usually begins by clearly focusing on the topic, incorporating credible evidence, and ends with a conclusion.
- Explanatory and expository writing should utilize techniques that objectively introduce and develop topics.
- Explanatory and expository writing should include academic, content-specific technical word meanings.
- Words that indicate transitions.
Skills
- Gather credible information and data from multiple sources.
- Write an explanatory and expository text with an organized structure and formal style that develops the topic and utilizes appropriate transitions, credible information or data, and technical vocabulary words.
Understanding
- Explanatory and expository writing should be free from opinions and supported with evidence.
- Explanatory and expository writing follow a predictable, organized text structure that utilizes appropriate transition words and precise vocabulary.
- Writers elaborate on details included in the text by using formal academic, content-specific technical words.
- They must gather their information and data about the topic from multiple credible research sources.
Vocabulary
- Explanations
- Expositions
- Complex ideas
- Complex processes
- Citing
- Credible sources
- Intentional transitions
- Precise vocabulary
- Organized structure
