An Expository Writing Project with Cross-Curricular Connections

Finding opportunities to cover multiple learning objectives within a single learning experience can be a game-changer for busy teachers. Expository writing is an excellent vehicle for integrating literacy skills with content from subjects such as Science, Health and the Social Sciences, helping students make deeper connections in their learning.

This expository writing project has been expertly designed by our experienced team to guide your students through the process of writing a high-quality cause-and-effect text about a body system of their choice. The resource download includes everything you’ll need to implement this project in one handy PDF or Google Slides file:

• Student instructions
• Model text about the respiratory system
• Analysis worksheets
• Planning and research graphic organizers
• Drafting paper
• Editing checklist
• Assessment rubric

By breaking the task into clear, manageable steps, this expository writing project empowers students to produce a high‑quality expository text complete with purposeful visual features.

How Expository Writing Projects Can Maximize Student Learning

This resource has been intentionally designed by our team to bring out the best in your young writers through scaffolded support and the use of a high-quality and age-appropriate model text. Here are some of the many skills your students will practice and fine-tune by completing this writing project:

• Analyzing texts to strengthen reading comprehension skills
• Researching information and recording effective notes
• Organizing information and planning written responses
• Identifying explanation text structures and language features
• Building scientific vocabulary and subject knowledge
• Creating diagrams and flowcharts to develop visual literacy
• Drafting, editing and publishing written texts

Download to Teach Expository Writing with Ease!

If you’re looking for a practical way to teach expository writing that requires no additional prep time, then this is the resource for you! 

Use the dropdown menu on the Download button to access either the quick-print PDF or the editable Google Slides file. (Note: You will be prompted to make a copy of the Google Slides template before accessing it).

For sustainability purposes, please consider printing this workbook double-sided.

More High-Quality Writing Resources From Teach Starter

When it comes to teaching any writing genre to our students, high-quality, age-appropriate resources are essential. Click below to browse more expository writing activities to guide and support your students as they engage with this important text type.

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