SReyes-En621: Activity 1.5 Expositive texts

Task goal

The student:

● Will familiarize with the parts of speech and practice them, as well as the simple sentence structure to get a better comprehension of any kind of text, specially expositive text.

Expected product

Practice activities
Quiz
Project: Design and generate some games

Technological resources

Links
Video
Moodle platform

Learning activity

Available resources

Group organization: Work in teams

1. Watch the video:

Differentiate between a narrative and an expository text.

Identify the characteristics of an expository text

2. Identify the most common expository text structures and their associated signal words. Read the text: Five expository text structures and their associated signal words.

3. Test your knowledge: Match each test structure with the appropriate signal words.

ACTIVITY:

1. In pairs, read the following example of an expository text “Harry and Draco: Not As Different as They Seem”.

2. Design and complete a graphic organizer using the example given and Jamboard.

3. Share your file link.

Materials

Expository Text: Just the Basics. (2014, 2 septiembre).

Text: Five expository text structures and their associated signal words.

Quiz

Matching game

Harry and Draco: Not As Different as They Seem”

Example given and Jamboard

Educaplay: Free educational games generator. (2020). Free educational games. https://www.educaplay.com/