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Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms
Pamela Farris, Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler, Iowa State University
Maria Walther

Expository Text

Web Links

Expository Paragraph Frames
(http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/edis771/paragraph_frms.html)

Expository paragraph frames provide a structure for retelling information presented in expository text. They are based on the principle that information in exposition is structured in a way that is logical and serves to makes the information clear to the reader.
Expository Text K-6
(http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listexpositoju.html)

Internet resources, fun for kids, and lesson plans are all included in this site provided by Julie Hoopes.
Expository Text: The Choice for Some, A Challenge for Others
(http://www.big6.com/enewsletter/archives/spring00/pages.html)

The Big 6: Teaching Technology Information Skills offers this examination of factors involved in reading narrative vs. expository text, and includes suggestions, resources, and links.
Multi-Paragraph Segmentation of Expository Text
(http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~hearst/papers/tiling-acl94/acl94.html)

This paper describes TextTiling, an algorithm for partitioning expository texts into coherent multi-paragraph discourse units which reflect the subtopic structure of the texts. The algorithm uses domain-independent lexical frequency and distribution information to recognize the interactions of multiple simultaneous themes.
Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level: A Guide to Resources
(http://www.sedl.org/pubs/reading16/13.html)

The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory provides this research-based guide to building reading proficiency. The site includes a glossary of terms, links, and other related resources.
Content, Domain, and Word Knowledge
(http://ericae.net/ericdb/EJ537439.htm)

This article by W.H. Rupley and V.L. Willson examines background knowledge and strategy knowledge from a broad view to better understand how they contribute to elementary-age students' reading comprehension of both narrative and expository texts.
Reading Instruction for ESL Students
(http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/0300-6.htm)

Ohio Literacy Resource Center features this annotated summary of resources for reading instructors. This page describes and shares information from this text edited by K. Spangenberg-Urbschat and R. Pritchard.
Software for Expository Writing

Key Pals
(http://www.keypals.com/p/keypals.html)

An extensive master list of listservs from different organizations that link teachers to teachers, classrooms to classrooms, and individual students to other students.
Amazon.com
(http://www.amazon.com)

After students have read a nonfiction book, they might write a finely polished book review and publish it through Amazon.com. Directions for posting a review are explained at the site. Students can read a number of reviews at this site to use as models for their own work.
Excite Travel
(http://city.net/regions/)

Students use a map to reach various locations around the world. They can find photographs, information, and other links to related sites.
Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
(http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/)

This is a free service to help teachers and their students link up with partners in other countries and cultures for a classroom e-mail dialogue.
Say Hello to the World Project
(http://www.ipl.ort/youth/hello/index.html)

This site might be a great resource when studying carious cultures because it contains audio clips of words and phrases in a number of different languages, In addition, students can find information about language differences and other related resources.
Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
(http://thomas.loc.gov)

Students can use this site to learn about historical documents like the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers. The e-mail addresses of members of Congress are also available.
White House for Kids
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/kids/html/kidshome.html)

This is a subset of the general White House link that provides information about the President and his family, includes a newsletter, and pinpoints selected information about White House events. Children can even leave a message for the President. They can also tour the White House via photos.