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How to write a
of an expository text
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Fastest Submitters
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Review of reporting verbs:
Which can also be employed to an expository text?
present
*introduce
*describe
explain
*analyze
…
hold
give an account of
maintain
provide an
overview of
explore
address
claim
offer the latest
information on
Roads to a great summary
1. Underline key points & cross out minor ones.
2. Create a graphic organizer
3. Draft an original summary.
4. Conduct peer-evaluation.
paraphrase
Share and explain your graphic organizer!
Share and explain your graphic organizer!
A B C D E
Share and explain your graphic organizer!
Summarizing strategy:
What should be crossed out in a summary?
x Names Professor Jim Whelan, Science Daily
Summarizing strategy:
What should be crossed out in a summary?
x Names Professor Jim Whelan, Science Daily
x Examples Such as insects and bad weather
x Data They touched them with a paintbrush every 12 hours over a 36-hour period.
x Quotation “If the touching is repeated, then the plant growth is reduced…”
x Abbreviation FRB (Fast Radio Burst)
x Your own opinion
Summarizing strategy:
How to paraphrase a sentence? Can you give an example?
Original text Theme-based reading
Touching …can slow their growth. …it can limit the growth if the plant./…plant growth is reduced…
Open up new ways to reduce sensitivity Find ways to mitigate plant sensitivity/breed plant varieties which are less touch sensitive while retaining their sensitivity…
Use Synonyms(近义词)
Original text Theme-based reading
Touching …can slow their growth. …it can limit the growth if the plant./…plant growth is reduced…
…but it’s not necessarily a bad change. Touch could actually be beneficial.
Touching changes their genes. Soft touches can trigger massive genetic change.
If the touching is repeated,… …when it happens repeatedly.
Touching changes their genes. Ten percent of plant’s genome is altered.
If the touching is repeated,… Repeated touching can significantly retard growth.
Use Synonyms(近义词)
Use Antonyms(反义词)
Change parts of speech
Change sentence structures
Active voice ? Passive voice
Clauses ? Phrases
Summarizing strategy:
How to paraphrase a sentence? Can you give an example?
Use Synonyms(近义词)
Use Antonyms(反义词)
Change parts of speech
Change sentence structures
Active voice ? Passive voice
Clauses ? Phrases
Summarizing strategy:
How to paraphrase a sentence? Can you give an example?
Concise(简洁)
60 words ±20
Copying-free
Use your own words
Complete
Cover all the key points
Coherent(连贯)
Use reporting verbs and linking words
What makes a great summary?
Choose a draft of your group member and polish it together.
Upload a picture and share why and how you choose to revise it.
Comment on each other’s revised version.
Help to polish your friends’ summary!
(Group work)
4
Polish your own draft and upload it on www.pigai.org!
Remember to be …?
Homework
Let’s sum it up!
Identify a genre for purpose
Draw a graphic organizer for structure
Expand theme-based reading for paraphrasing
Adopt 4Cs for improvement
Thanks!