Expository+Text+Frames


 * Expository Text Frames**

Expository text frames are a variety of visual organizers that show the structure or organization of non-fiction text forms to assist students with reading, writing, and thinking in mathematics and other content areas. Expository text frames help to ensure that students have included all key elements in their writing and are used to outline the features (for example, signal words, main idea, supporting detail, headings) of various non-fiction text forms in order to accomplish the specific writing task. Text frames also facilitate the search for information and the development of connections and relationships in non-fiction text.
 * Description**

The teacher: • selects different forms of non-fiction text for reading and discussing; • provides instruction in identifying non-fiction text features and text patterns; • provides modelling and guided practice for students in writing different forms of nonfiction text; • gives students prepared visual frames as a starting point for organizing their writing or for summarizing their reading; • engages in conferencing with students during the writing process; • facilitates opportunities for peer editing.
 * Method**

Expository text frames: • require repeated opportunities for students to practise; • become more complex and often combine more than one type; • can be used as an assessment tool to retell or summarize reading.
 * Considerations**


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

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 * Elementary**

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 * Secondary**