Demystifying All of the Expository Modes

Here's the really cool thing about my templates ...

They enable students to write across the expository modes with a singular and uniform approach.

For most secondary ELA teachers, they see each mode as a separate entity - but truthfully, they're all one in the same.

To demonstrate, let's take the two most opposite expository modes: literary analysis and rhetorical analysis.

Let's say that we're going to saddle our students with the task of writing three separate literary analysis essays about three separate poems.

✏️ Sonnect 130 by Shakespeare

✏️Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare

✏️ "Flashcards" by Rita Dove

And then, we assign three rhetorical analysis essays that are rather disparate topically:

✏️ "Is Harry Potter Evil?" by Judy Blume

✏️ "Hurricane Season Can Make a Storm Shudder" by Dave Barry

✏️ "The Whiskey Speech" by Noah S. Sweat

Here's the kicker ...

All six essays can be written the exact same way:

1. For literary analysis, students will invert the thesis
2. For rhetorical analysis, students will declare the thesis
3. All body paragraphs will be tackled syllogistically

Many teachers went back to school this week ... and for the rest of us ... summer is ticking away.

As you begin to plan your year, especially how you'll teach the craft of writing, check out these six videos and see for yourself ... teaching writing is easy!!

Bob Ross your instruction ... equip kids with a good set of templates ... and sit back and watch the magic happen.

And for teachers bound by preparing students for exams ... watch your scores skyrocket! 🚀

Here are links to the writing workshop videos:

Sonnet 130

Sonnet 18

"Flashcards" by Rita Dove

Dave Barry

Judy Blume

Noah S. Sweat

Happy teaching and happy writing!