If you go to the CA Ed website there will be examples of 4th grade expository writing. This will give you an idea of what they are looking for. I would teach the structures of compare/contrast cause/effect while using articles from magazines, other expository text, or excerpts from the social studies book. You can download from the website too.Compare/contrast concepts can be taught in math as well as Language arts (fiction and non-fiction) and social studies.Cause/effect can be taught in science as well as Language arts (fiction and non-fiction) and social studies.
Jan We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit. -Robert Shaffer > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:17:25 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] text structure > > Hello, I am in need of your expertise. I've just started teaching 4th grade > and part of our writing program/comprehension is expository text structure. > I bought the book nonfiction reading power and have been using the > information, but after going to a district inservice, I realized they really > want the students to be able to read a text and determine if the author used > compare/contrast, cause/effect, etc. Does anyone have resources or know of a > site that has paragraphs showing each of these for a 4th grade level? The > reason the students have to know this is that on the 4th grade writing test > in March, expository text might be one they have to respond to. Any help > would be greatly appreciated so that my students can be successful! > Brenda > Ca/4 > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
