Expository Writing What is expository writing? Relate expository writing to the

research writing activity at the end of your packet. How is this project expository writing about a charity?

How do you know if a source is reliable?

1. You can check cross-check the information and find it in more than one place.

2. You can find the copyright and know when it was last updated.

3. You know who created the site, and preferably, the author's credentials.

4. Look at the domain. Is it a .org site or a .com site, with ads, for example?

5. Are you comfortable citing this source in your bibliography? 6. Does the layout and format present the information in a

professional manner? 7. Is the site easy to navigate and user friendly? If not, it

might not be the best place for gathering information (e.g., The Library of Congress is great, but hard for elementary students to navigate).

8. Is there any evidence of bias on the site?

Your Project Must Include:

Cover page with the charitable organization’s name as title, your name, and period

1 ½-2 pages of typed double spaced research about a charitable organization of your choice with in-text citation (use charitynavigator.org to find yours)

1 Works Cited page with at least 2 reliable sources

How Documentation Works In-text citations refer to a Works

Cited page

Works Cited page gives readers bibliographic information to locate sources themselves

Sample In-Text CitationExample 1:

One study found that teachers “discovered that the need to tailor a portfolio was influenced by how much personal risk could result were they to bare their own perspectives” (Paulson and Paulson 289).

The author’s name, the publication date, and the page number on which the quotation appears are included in the parentheses after the quotation.

Sample Passage with Parenthetical Citations

More recently, however, scholars have begun to register possible concerns about teaching portfolio use. Robert Yagelski, for instance, cautions that teacher educators should make careful choices about the design of their portfolio systems in order to address the tensions teachers experience in an evaluative context. P. R. Paulson and F. L. Paulson concede that their student-teachers “discovered that the need to tailor a portfolio was influenced by how much personal risk could result were they to bare their own perspectives” (289). Another study found that it is desirable to use separate portfolios for development and credential purposes, suggesting “that efforts to combine the dual purposes of support and accountability in a single portfolio do not always result in constructive tension” (Snyder, Lippincott, and Bower 139). And Leverenz and Goodburn warn teacher educators about the problems with professionalizing teaching too quickly.

Practice 1. A book by Henry Goldman and Elizabeth Howard called

Ancient Civilizations. It was published in Philadelphia by Gold House in 1989.

An Internet article by Joan Ingram called “Hades: God of the Underworld.” No publishing date is provided, but it was viewed on February 2, 2011 and the name of the website is Greek Secrets.

3. An article/chapter by Joshua Smith, Ph. D. called “Those Insufferable Greeks” on of the book/collection called Infamous World Empires. The collection was edited by James Wygonik and published by Colonial Press of Denver in 1983. 

4. An Internet article with no author called “Famous Greek Battles.” It was published on June 14, 1999, viewed on January 12, 2004, and belongs to the website called Theoi Greek Mythology.