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Introduction To Text Structure

This document provides an outline for an English lesson on text structure. The objective is for students to understand the importance of text structure, determine the structure of academic texts, and discuss how structure impacts understanding. The lesson will review text structures like chronological and compare/contrast. Students will analyze sample texts to identify their structures, discuss how structure affects meaning, and create outlines highlighting structural elements. For evaluation, students will analyze new texts and justify their analysis of text structure.

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Introduction To Text Structure

This document provides an outline for an English lesson on text structure. The objective is for students to understand the importance of text structure, determine the structure of academic texts, and discuss how structure impacts understanding. The lesson will review text structures like chronological and compare/contrast. Students will analyze sample texts to identify their structures, discuss how structure affects meaning, and create outlines highlighting structural elements. For evaluation, students will analyze new texts and justify their analysis of text structure.

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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

I. Objective: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:


1. understand the importance of text structure in gathering information from texts.
2. determine the structure of a specific academic text.
3. discuss the text structure and its impact on understanding the information.

II. Subject Matter:


Topic: Introduction to Text Structure
References: English for Academic and Professional Purposes- Module 1
Materials: PowerPoint Presentation, chart, textbooks, smartTV, laptop

III. Procedure:
A. Preliminary Activities: 
1. Review
Review last week’s lesson.
2. Motivation:
- Display a short passage or article with a clear text structure (e.g., cause and effect,
compare and contrast, problem and solution).
- Ask students to read the passage individually and identify the text structure used.
3. Unlocking Difficulties:
- text structure
- narrative
- chronological structure

B. Lesson Proper
1. Activity
 Provide students with a set of passages or articles that represent various text
structures.
 In small groups or individually, students should read the texts and identify the text
structure used.
 Discuss the answers as a class and ask students to explain how they determined the
text structure.
2. Analysis
o Define text structure as the organization and arrangement of information in a text.
o Explain the different types of text structures commonly used in academic and
nonfiction texts (e.g., chronological, descriptive, sequential, problem-solution).
3. Abstract
 In pairs or small groups, students should discuss the text structure and its impact on
understanding the information presented.
4. Application
 Students should create an outline or visual representation that highlights the main
components of the text structure.

IV. Evaluation:
 Provide students with a variety of texts (e.g., articles, essays, excerpts) and ask
them to identify the text structure used in each.
 Students should justify their answers and provide evidence from the texts to support
their reasoning.
V. Assignment
Give students a longer passage or article and ask them to identify the text structure on their
own.

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