Instructional Strategy: Elaboration

ElaborationElaboration

My dog was playing.My dog was playing.

Growling and slobbering, my 3-year-old black lab Grover tugged at the rubber bone I held in my

hand.

There are several types of There are several types of Elaboration.Elaboration.

Vivid description or exampleAnecdote

◦Last year at Halloween, I was running out the door at 5:30, pillowcase in hand, hitting the houses in my neighborhood with my friend Steven.

Statistics◦I got 237 individual servings of candy,

and it was my highest record yet.Quotations

◦My mother yelled, “Put the candy away! You will make yourself sick.”

Your turn….Your turn….The movie was exciting.

I walked home.

The building was new.

The cookies were colorful and good.

Elaboration answers Elaboration answers questions for the reader.questions for the reader.

Teenagers have problems.

What problems?

Elaboration answers Elaboration answers questions for the reader.questions for the reader.

Teenagers have problems. One out of every five teens report they are stressed out.

Why are they

stressed out?

Elaboration answers Elaboration answers questions for the reader.questions for the reader.

Teenagers have problems. One out of every five teens report they are stressed out. Advanced Placement, after school jobs, participating on athletic teams, and taking care of younger siblings all impact a teen’s life.

Students need to Students need to intentionally look for intentionally look for elaboration strategies in all elaboration strategies in all types of texts.types of texts.

Elaboration is a tool to use Elaboration is a tool to use when speaking. when speaking.

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Your task is to integrate Your task is to integrate elaborationelaboration into reading, into reading, writing, and speaking tasks writing, and speaking tasks over the next month.over the next month.