Using Expository Text in the Secondary Classroom

Expository text is the most common form of text used in most secondary classrooms. It is most often in the form of a text book. They are designed to explain and educate others about a certain subject. The authors of the book research information and write logical facts about a given subject. The facts include cause and effect, lists, problems and solutions, sequence of events, and descriptions (Expository Text Structures, n.d.). Most school systems provide expository texts to be used in the classroom and teachers are comfortable using them. Due to the vast amount of accurate information that is found in expository text, they can be of great benefit to the content area classroom.

Teachers use the text in the middle school levels to provide students with more accurate information. With the pressures of standardized testing, time is of the essence in these grades. The teachers must teach students numerous goals and standards in order for the child to pass the tests. Expository text that has already been approved for that particular class is a great way to meet those needs because all of the information is present and ready to use in one convenient place. This is only one of the advantages of using expository text.

Expository texts benefit students by allowing them to develop logic skills, help to ensure that students are receiving accurate information, enable students to form and support their own arguments, and allow the student to become familiar with different structures of writing and identify the concepts of the text. Since expository texts are written logically, students are capable of receiving information in a logical manner and hence allow he or she to make appropriate connects between facts. The more that students ...

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... or she will read will be good factual materials. The teachers can incorporate a variety of texts to help students better understand the materials that need to be covered. This will help students who struggle with expository text to be less bored and keep up with the rest of the class.

References

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