EXPOSITORY ESSAY
Brainstorming and Drafting
Expository Essay Prompt
READ the following quotation.
If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure
out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
—Michael Jordan
THINK carefully about the following statement.
No one can achieve success without overcoming obstacles.
WRITE an essay explaining the importance of never giving up.
Be sure to:
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Clearly state your controlling idea
Organize and develop your explanation effectively
Choose your words carefully
Use correct spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and sentences
Composing Expository Writing
Day 1
Prompt: WRITE an essay explaining the
importance of never giving up.
Band
Steve Jobs
•Prompt/Topic.
•Reasons
Career
Never
Giving Up
Athletic
s
Helen
Keller
Academics
•Students complete their
own Circle Maps.
Family
Composing Expository Writing
Day two
1 best
•Select
reasons from the
Circle Map and
place on the Flow
Map.
•Students select two
best reasons from
their Circle Maps and
place on their Flow
Maps.
•Opening paragraph.
•Students write
their opening
paragraphs.
Quitting has become quite common in
today’s society. If something isn’t
going right, people just give up. Do
you think Einstein achieved his goals
by quitting? By never giving up and
persevering, people will be able to
accomplish their academic goals, and
take those accomplishments on with
them in their careers.
Academic
s
Career
Composing in Expository Writing
Day 1
•Add at least 2 examples
for each reason
(commentary and
Mark your
examples).
Thesis
Statement/
Controlling
Idea!
Quitting has become quite common in
today’s society. If something isn’t going
right, people just give up. Do you think
Einstein achieved his goals by quitting?
By never giving up and persevering,
people will be able to accomplish their
academic goals, and take those...