ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXT
Have you seen this picture?
(show the pictures on slide)
How will you describe this? Very messy. This might say that I am
out of the topic. Well I’m trying to connect you to our topic today.
But anyway,
MOTIVATION
Divide the students into two groups. The teacher will give a set of
words to complete into a sentence, then, the group will play
together to arrange the words to make the correct sentence. One
minute is given to play the game. The group that will bring the
beacon will receive 10 pts.
ANALYSIS
QUESTION
1. What makes you more exciting while playing the game?
2. How did you find the activity?
ABSTRACTION
How do you understand a text?
According to DyMOCH (2005) many students have problems
comprehending expository text because they can’t see the
basic structure of text.
What does it mean when you say a text structure?
Organization is all about the structure of the text
Organization is the structure of framework for writing.
The way a text is organized that helps to guide the reader.
Makes a text readable and its message clear.
Organization can be achieved through the following
techniques:
Physical format
Signal words
Structure
Physical format
1. An aspect of the organization that is immediately apparent to
the reader.
2. How the text physically appears.
3. Improper or superfluous formatting can be confusing.
Meaning ito yong klarong itsura ng text kung ano yong
nakasulat sa papel.
Example the headings and sub headings
When we say headings ito yong pinakauna makikita mo
sa article or yong parang title. Or the headline if it is in the
news article
Ang heading, siya yong nagbibigay idea sa mga readers
kung ano ang laman ng article.
On the other hand, sub heading is the secondary heading
of the article (show the picture on slide)
Aside from headings and sub headings under din dito ang
Bullet points or font emphasis. meaning itong may mga
naka bold na words to emphasize a certain phrase. Yon
bang importante na dapat makita ng reader kase yan
yong magdala sa reader na mas madali Nyang
maintindihan ang binasa niya. Halimbawa. (show the
picture sa slide)
but of course, avoid exaggeration of making almost in the
text are bold because that may confuse the readers.
Halimbawa (show the slide).
Signal Words
1. Textual cues that readers can use to follow a text.
2. They signal the transition from one point to another, the
ordering of events and concepts.
This means that with the use of signal words, the
reader will be able to
Structure
1. So dito, mostly I encountered a lot of paragraph that has no
beginning, middle and end. Maski isang paragraph lang yan
dapat mayron Talaga yang tatlong structure na yan.
Therefore,
• Text organization makes a text easy to read. It prevents the
reader from becoming confused by a jumble of words,
sentences, and paragraphs that are in no particular order.
• Organization can be achieved through the physical format,
signal words and structure.
That’s it for today. Have a nice day. Good bye…
LANGUAGE USE
Many of us can speak or write the language, but it is hard for us to
do so, because we don’t know how should we say what we want
to say.
In writing text
There are two ways to use the language. And these are referring
to your tones of writing. We have two tones of writing and these
are: OBJECTIVE TONE AND SUBJECTIVE TONE
SUBJECTIVE TONE
Talks about your:
• Personal biases
• Beliefs
• Feelings
• Thoughts
Once again its base on your perception. Usually, subjective
tone becomes informal
On the other hand
OBJECTIVE TONE is more
Facts
Truth
Provable arguments
And usually, objective tone is formal
SUBJECTIVE TONE
USED IN:
• Blogs
• Opinions/columns in news paper
• Diaries
• Informal essays
• Comments in social media
OBJECTIVE TONE
Used in :
• Textbook
• References
• Science journals
• Researches
• Newspaper article
• Atlases
• Encylopedias
Once again used the language correctly base on your target
readers or audience.
Next lets go to the last property of a well written text, the
MECHANICS.
MECHANICS
Simply the mechanics of writing are the overall
characteristics of a well written text, but according to
NORDQUIST(2020) the mechanics are the conventions
that govern the TECHNICAL aspects of writing. Technical
means there are rules that has to follow or observed. And
these are the following area that the mechanics ruled over.
Some of these are:
Spelling
Punctuation
Capitalization
Abbreviation
Acronyms
Grammar
Spelling
- You should list down those commonly misspelled
words to avoid wrong spelling or the second read a lot
to have more vocabulary.
Punctuation
- Is simply marks used to organize our writing. These
are symbols to regulate and clarify meaning.
Example: a woman without her man is useless.
A woman, without her man, is useless.
A woman: without her, man is useless.
capitalization
discuss on the slide
abbreviation
acronym
always remember when you make abbreviation and acronym you
have to make sure to put the correct punctuation marks.
For your abbreviation, always remember to put a period ( . ) at the
end of abbreviation. In the acronym, always write in a capital letter
and put a period ( . ) every letter.
The purpose of using or putting the punctuation is to avoid
confusion.
Example : United State of America
U.S.A. or U.S. – correct
USA - wrong
