Elaboration

My dog was playing. Growling and slobbering, my 3-year-old black lab Grover tugged at the rubber bone I held in my hand.

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 Elaboration. Vivid description or example Anecdote 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.”

Vivid description or example

Anecdote

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…. The movie was exciting. I walked home. The building was new. The cookies were colorful and good.

The movie was exciting.

I walked home.

The building was new.

The cookies were colorful and good.

Elaboration answers questions for the reader. Teenagers have problems. What problems?

Teenagers have problems.

Elaboration answers questions for the reader. Teenagers have problems. One out of every five teens report they are stressed out. Why are they stressed out?

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

Elaboration answers 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.

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 intentionally look for elaboration strategies in all types of texts.

Elaboration is a tool to use when speaking. http://www.beyondbullets.com/

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