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Concept Learning
Main Idea and Detail
Diane Hamel
Expository Writing
Concept Learning
Children have the ability to apply knowledge to a variety of circumstances:
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Concrete Concepts Diagramming and Understanding the Expository Framework
Students read an expository text and identify and label the key parts using the PILLAR FRAMEWORKS as a guide:
o Introductiono Main ideaso Supporting details o Conclusion
AttributesRelates to how something works and what its use might be.
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Attributes
Functional Attribute
Body of the piece
Contains 3 paragraphs, each with a broad main idea sentence that explains what the paragraph is about, followed by at least 4 supporting details.
Cognitive Processes When learners have acquired a
concept, they have the ability to recognize that pattern. When learning that pattern, children are taught two cognitive processes: generalization and overgeneralization
Generalization and Overgeneralization
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Cognitive Process
Generalization and Overgeneralization
o On the SMART Board, read a sample of an expository piece. Walk the students though the expository pillar, defining each part.
o Discuss, define, and identify each section of the piece.
o Repeat with additional examples
General Strategy
Expository Approachpresents the concept earlier in the lesson
Show some examples and non-examples after a mini-lesson on the characteristics of a topic sentence and detail sentences.
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General Strategy
Expository Approach
The climate in the desert is harsh. The temperature ranges from 20 degrees in the evening to 120 degrees during the day. There is very little rainfall. In fact, there is less rainfall in the desert than anywhere else on earth—as little as an inch a year! In Connecticut we get quite a bit of rain. The air is very dry in the desert and wind storms are common.
Read the following paragraph.
The climate in the desert is harsh.
The temperature ranges from 20 degrees in the evening to 120 degrees during the day.
There is very little rainfall.
In fact, there is less rainfall in the desert than anywhere else on earth—as little as an inch a year!
In Connecticut we get quite a bit of rain.
The air is very dry in the desert and wind storms are common.
Choose the topic sentence, the detail sentences, and the sentence that does not belong.
General Strategy
The climate in the desert is harsh.
This is the topic sentence. It tells that the paragraph will be about the harsh climate in the desert
General Strategy
In Connecticut we get quite a bit of rain.
This sentence does not belong.
General Strategy
The temperature ranges from 20 degrees in the evening to 120 degrees during the day.
Detail - This sentence tells about the desert’s climate.
General Strategy
Detail - This sentence tells about the desert’s climate.
In fact, there is less rainfall in the desert than anywhere else on earth—as little as an inch a year!
General Strategy
Detail - This sentence tells about the desert’s climate.
The air is very dry in the desert and wind storms are common.
General Strategy
Detail - This sentence tells about the desert’s climate.
There is very little rainfall.