Reading & Writing Week 07

Ms. Aileen Santos

Relationships of Skills

Listening Speaking

Thinking

Writing Reading
Properties of Well Written Text

 Organization
 Coherence, Clarity &
Cohesion
 Language Use
 Mechanics
Properties of Well Written Text

 Organization
 Coherence, Clarity &
Cohesion
 Language Use
 Mechanics
Writing Organization Plan
Goal Action Resources People Timeline Measure
Step How will
What do What do What will Who will What will you know if
you want to you want to you need? you you do you have
achieve? do? involve? when? achieved
your goal?
Coherence
 The unity created between the
ideas, sentences, paragraphs, and
sections of a piece of writing.

 Gives writing its flow.

 Makes reading easier as ideas

appear to be presented in a natural,
almost automatic way.
Cohesion
 The use of repetition,
transitional expressions,
and other devices (cohesive
cues) to guide readers and
show how the parts of a
composition relate to one
other.
Clarity
If our love is insanity
why are you my _____

 “Being Clear”
Sentence Tips
 Placethe main point at the
beginning of the sentence.

 (It shouldn’t be so hard to find.)

Sentence Tips
 Vary your sentence lengths.

 Aim for 10-20 words per sentence.

Conciseness Tips
 Shorten wordy phrases.
 Replace long words with short
ones.
 Cut out redundant words.
Conciseness Tips
 Use strong verbs.
Language Use Tips
Distinguish facts from
opinions.

Includesupportive
statements when necessary.

Reviewyour text for

grammatical errors.
Use the Active Voice
 Emphasis is on the doer or the subject.

“Joe delivered the pizza

within the specified time frame.”
Active Voice helps:
 Create less wordy sentences.

 Quickly reveal the most important

information.
Passive Voice
 Emphasis is on the recipient of the
action.

“The pizza was delivered at the

specified time frame by Joe.”
 EXERCISE 1
 Pick a PARTNER.
 DECIDE on who will be PARTNER A and who will be
PARTNER B.
 ALL PARTNER As:
 Face away from the screen / board.
 Hold a sheet of bond paper and a pen.
 ALL PARTNER Bs:
 Face Partner A AND the screen / board.
 Objective: Look at the illustration I will flash on
screen. Using ONLY WORDS, give your partner
CLEAR DIRECTIONS for recreating the same
DRAWING on is/her sheet of bond paper.
EXERCISE 1
 EXERCISE 2
 Imagineyou are talking to an ALIEN
from outer space who has never (choose
one)…
 BRUSHED THEIR TEETH
 EATEN SHRIMP
 PLAYED BALL WITH A DOG

 Write down simple directions on your

sheet of paper so your alien guest will be
able to successfully do the chosen task.
Reading & Writing Week 07
Ms. Aileen Santos