Lesson 1: Text as Connected unity by combining all ideas to
Discourse emphasize a central idea.
Discourse Examples
❖ Utterance, talk, speech, ❖ Journal Diary
discussion, and conversation ❖ New Anecdotes
❖ An extended expression of ❖ Procedures
thoughts or ideas ❖ Critiques
❖ The ideas in discourse are not ❖ Opinion Piece
connected or do not have a ❖ Research
particular structure. ❖ Articles
What is discourse? Reading Strategies
Convey meanings, propel actions and
provoke a specific response. Skimming
❖ It is used to gather the most
Text important information or gist of
A text is generally considered as written the text. It is done by running
material, especially longer pieces of your eyes over the text, noting
writing as in a book, a letter, or a the most important
newspaper. A group of ideas put information, and when you find
together to make a point or one a particular portion, you read
central idea more slowly and carefully.
❖ It means getting the general
Purpose overview of the material.
❖ To inform ❖ Understanding each word is not
❖ To entertain really important in this
❖ To persuade technique as you read rapidly in
this kind of reading style.
Text Discourse
Scanning
Made up of Made up of ❖ It is used to find particular
sentences having utterances having information or details.
grammatical the property of ❖ It is done by running your eyes
cohesion coherence
over a text while looking for
specific information.
Text as Connected Discourse ❖ It is okay not to understand some
A text is a connected discourse, which phrases or words encountered in
means that all ideas must be related in a text.
the sense that they express only one ❖ It is specific facts.
main idea, or that the text must have
, SQ3R Types of Graphic Organizers
It is an excellent technique to use with
textbooks that provide a lot of T-Chart
information and require you to learn Helps organize ideas into two
the material in depth. columns and examine two
components of an object, concept, or
❖ S Survey - Preview event.
❖ Q Questions- Ask guiding Examines the pros and cons of
questions something, advantages and
❖ R Read - Read for meaning disadvantages, and facts and
❖ R Recall - Test yourself opinions.
❖ R Review - Review after you
read Main Idea Web
Starts with a central idea and
Techniques in Selecting and branches out into related details or
Organizing Information supporting details.
Also termed as a spider map or
Brainstorming List semantic map.
Used for brainstorming, developing
Idea List ideas, and generating plans for writing
Involves writing the main topic and purposes.
listing down the related ideas
Sequence Chart
Idea Map Also called a flow diagram.
a visual representation of ideas and Visualizes a process, progress, or
their connections with one another - sequence of a story.
more structured - shows how one idea Presents a series of steps or events in
subordinates another idea. order.
Graphic Organizers Venn Diagram
A visual and graphic display that Used to compare and contrast two or
organizes ideas. more groups of things by visually
Demonstrates relationships between displaying their similarities and
different information and concepts. differences in two or more circles that
Designed to improve learning overlap.
outcomes for students, review
information, and helpful in arranging
information.
Discourse emphasize a central idea.
Discourse Examples
❖ Utterance, talk, speech, ❖ Journal Diary
discussion, and conversation ❖ New Anecdotes
❖ An extended expression of ❖ Procedures
thoughts or ideas ❖ Critiques
❖ The ideas in discourse are not ❖ Opinion Piece
connected or do not have a ❖ Research
particular structure. ❖ Articles
What is discourse? Reading Strategies
Convey meanings, propel actions and
provoke a specific response. Skimming
❖ It is used to gather the most
Text important information or gist of
A text is generally considered as written the text. It is done by running
material, especially longer pieces of your eyes over the text, noting
writing as in a book, a letter, or a the most important
newspaper. A group of ideas put information, and when you find
together to make a point or one a particular portion, you read
central idea more slowly and carefully.
❖ It means getting the general
Purpose overview of the material.
❖ To inform ❖ Understanding each word is not
❖ To entertain really important in this
❖ To persuade technique as you read rapidly in
this kind of reading style.
Text Discourse
Scanning
Made up of Made up of ❖ It is used to find particular
sentences having utterances having information or details.
grammatical the property of ❖ It is done by running your eyes
cohesion coherence
over a text while looking for
specific information.
Text as Connected Discourse ❖ It is okay not to understand some
A text is a connected discourse, which phrases or words encountered in
means that all ideas must be related in a text.
the sense that they express only one ❖ It is specific facts.
main idea, or that the text must have
, SQ3R Types of Graphic Organizers
It is an excellent technique to use with
textbooks that provide a lot of T-Chart
information and require you to learn Helps organize ideas into two
the material in depth. columns and examine two
components of an object, concept, or
❖ S Survey - Preview event.
❖ Q Questions- Ask guiding Examines the pros and cons of
questions something, advantages and
❖ R Read - Read for meaning disadvantages, and facts and
❖ R Recall - Test yourself opinions.
❖ R Review - Review after you
read Main Idea Web
Starts with a central idea and
Techniques in Selecting and branches out into related details or
Organizing Information supporting details.
Also termed as a spider map or
Brainstorming List semantic map.
Used for brainstorming, developing
Idea List ideas, and generating plans for writing
Involves writing the main topic and purposes.
listing down the related ideas
Sequence Chart
Idea Map Also called a flow diagram.
a visual representation of ideas and Visualizes a process, progress, or
their connections with one another - sequence of a story.
more structured - shows how one idea Presents a series of steps or events in
subordinates another idea. order.
Graphic Organizers Venn Diagram
A visual and graphic display that Used to compare and contrast two or
organizes ideas. more groups of things by visually
Demonstrates relationships between displaying their similarities and
different information and concepts. differences in two or more circles that
Designed to improve learning overlap.
outcomes for students, review
information, and helpful in arranging
information.
