Expository Text Wheel

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In this activity students will listen to an expository text and identify the main idea and three supporting details on a text wheel. This activity can be modified so students are only engaging with oral text responding through discussion.

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This resource requires the following modifications to explicitly target listening comprehension:
  • shift the burden of decoding/encoding onto the educator (i.e., the educator should read/write instead of the student(s)).
  • shift the avenue of critical thinking from writing to discussion (i.e., instead of students writing they should discuss).