How Do You Teach Expository Writing To Middle School Students?
In middle school English, students begin to learn how to put complex thoughts and ideas together. By teaching your students to write rich, detailed expository pieces, you can show them how to develop their thoughts into complete ideas and capture the attention of readers. Start with a few descriptive writing assignments. Turn off the lights and have the class call out descriptive details about the classroom which don’t involve sight. Ask them what they hear, feel and smell. Then ask each student to write a description of a place without including its name. Have the other students try to guess the place. Assign short history papers to teach sequence-based expository writing. First, have each student graph a timeline of events in a certain era and then write a paragraph describing the order of events. Teach cause and effect essays. Ask students to call out something they have always wondered about and making a list of questions on the board, adding a few of your own. Then allow each stud
