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Essay Writing
Expository Essays
7th Grade English
Lecture by Miss. Cano
Title Page
Lecture Objectives & CA Content Standards
Educational Hook
Expository Writing
Definition Essays
This process will help you plan out your essay from
start to finish, for any type of essay!
Create an outline for your essay & note the main ideas
for each paragraph
Animation
Drafting
Animation
Stoplight Method
Go, Introduce the
paragraph with a
This fun and easy method is
topic sentence
an alternative way to draft
an essay that follows the
order of traffic light colors! Slow, What is the
main point?
It helps you structure each
paragraph by providing an
outline.
Stop, Give us more
details/explanation
This method can be
modified if multiple points
need to be made by Go Back, Wrap up
adding another yellow & the paragraph with
red pair! concluding thoughts
Dual Coding and SmartArt
Green, Go
Introductory sentences or
topic sentences should
state the main idea of your
paragraph to give your
reader a clear idea of
what it is about.
Dual Coding
Yellow, Slow
Transition Words The yellow light is “slow
down” and tell us your
first main idea or
detail, which is the
bulk of your
paragraph.
It is suggested to use
two to three “yellow
light” sentences for
one body paragraph.
Dual Coding
Red, Stop
Write one paragraph, using the stoplight method, based on the prompt below.
Heroes come in many forms. If you had to pick one person, who would be your
hero?
Dual Coding
Editing
Dual Coding
Publishing
Short Answer
Cumulating Activity
Now you try!
Cumulating Activity