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READING AND
WRITING
SKILLS
Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Understanding Text and
Its Properties
(Weeks 3 and 4)

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 What I Need to Know

Most Essential Learning Competency:

A. Evaluate research based on its properties

• organization
• coherence
• cohesion
At the end of our lesson, you would be able to:

A. evaluate research based on its properties:

• Organization
B. evaluate research based on its properties
• coherence and cohesion
• arrangement of details according to chronological order,
spatial order and emphatic order

What I Know

A. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

Read the following statements. Write TRUE if the statement is
correct and if it is false CHANGE the underlined word in each item
to make the statement correct.

________ 1. A physical format is an aspect of the organization that is

immediately apparent to the reader.

________ 2. Signal words are textual cues that can be a way to follow a
certain text.

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________ 3. Structure provides steps to organize or sequence a certain
text.
________ 4. Text organization is a way a text is organized to guide a
reader logically through it

________ 5. Organization can be achieved through various text

properties.

B. MATCH COLUMN A WITH COLUMN B

Write the letter of your answer on the blank provided before
the number.

Lesso
n Written text based on its
1 properties (week 3)

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What’s In

LET’S SEE HOW FAR YOU WILL GO! Just fill in the K W L Chart as
you go along with the topic. You have to answer the first two columns
based on what you have known in the previous lesson and write also
the things you would want to know in this topic and the last will be
answered as you finalized your thoughts and understanding towards
the lesson

What’s New
WHAT IS A TEXT ORGANIZATION?
Text organization deals with how a text is
organized to help readers follow and understand the flow of
information and ideas cascaded. There are a number of standard
forms that help text organization when writing. This text organization
also assists readers logically in grasping a particular text.

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What Is It

Physical It is how the text physically Explanation:

Format appears. Example: In The words that are
(It is how the order to better understand what written in bold are
text motivates human beings, examples of Maslow’s
physically Maslow proposed that human Hierarchy of Needs
needs can be organized into a
appears) that the first sentence
hierarchy. This hierarchy ranges
is referring to. By
from more concrete needs such
as food and water to abstract stressing these words,
concepts such as self- the reader can
fulfillment. According to distinguish the right
Maslow, when a lower need is term for the concepts
met, the next need on the along with their
hierarchy becomes our focus of definitions; this would
attention. These are the five also help readers in
categories of needs according remembering the
to Maslow: Physiological, this needs since they stick
refers to basic physical needs out from the rest of
like drinking when thirsty or
the text.
eating when hungry. Safety,
once people’s physiological
requirements are met, the next
need that arises is a safe
environment. Love and
Belonging, according to Maslow,
the next need in the hierarchy
involves feeling loved and
accepted. This need includes
both romantic relationships as
well as ties to friends and family
members.
Signal Example: First, dissolve a Explanation:
Words (The package of yeast and one By using sequential
cue in teaspoon of sugar in 1 cup of signal words, readers
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ordering of warm water. Add ¼ cup of are guided on what
events and canola oil and a dash of salt. comes next and what
concepts) Slowly stir in 3½ cups of flour. A will be the next
soft dough will form. Meanwhile, sequence
pre-heat the oven to 450° F.
Then transfer the dough to a
floured surface and knead it
until it becomes smooth and
elastic. Put it in a bowl, cover,
and set the bowl in a warm
place. In about 45 minutes, it
will double.
Structure Example: A hare one day Explanation:
(The ridiculed the short feet and slow It clearly manifested
complete pace of the Tortoise, who the beginning, middle
framework of replied, laughing: "Though you and ending
the text. The be swift as the wind, I will beat
structure you in a race." The Hare,
provides believing her assertion to be
the simply impossible, assented to
framework the proposal; and they agreed
upon which that the Fox should choose the
the text is
course and fix the goal. On the
organized. It
day appointed for the race the
consists of
two started together. The
beginning,
Tortoise never for a moment
middle
stopped but went on with a slow
and end
but steady pace straight to the
end of the course. The Hare,
lying down by the wayside, fell
fast asleep. At last waking up,
and moving as fast as he could,
he saw the Tortoise had
reached the goal, and was
comfortably dozing after her
fatigue.

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Lesso
n Arrangement of Details
2 (week 4)

What’s In

ACTIVATE YOUR SCHEMA! Fill in the middle boxes with ideas you
learned from the previous lesson and on the third box, formulate a
concept based on your insights cascaded in the middle boxes.

What’s New
Cohesion - refers to the logical flow and connection in a written text
and is achieved through the use of devices to link sentences together
so that there is a logical flow between ideas from one sentence to the
next.(Enquist & Oates 2009: 34)
Coherence - refers to the unity or togetherness of the text as a
whole and is achieved through the effective grouping and
arrangement of ideas in a logical order.(Enquist & Oates 2009: 34)
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ARRANGEMENT OF DETAILS ACCORDING TO
Chronological Order The details are organized in the order which
they happened. (Landich, 2018)
Example:
This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set
for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I
just threw on some clothes and ran out the door.
I rode my bike as fast as I could and thought that
I was going to be late for sure, but when I got
there everyone was outside and there were
firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I guess
somebody pulled the fire alarm before class
started. It worked out though, because nobody
really noticed or minded that I was tardy.
Spatial Order The sentences of a paragraph are organized
according to the geographical location such
as left to right up to down etc. (Landich,
2018) Example:
The inside of Bill's refrigerator was horrible. On
the top shelf was a three week old carton of milk.
Next to it sat a slice of melon that had started to
get moldy. To the right of the melon sat the
remains of a macaroni and cheese dinner that
had been served a week earlier. On the shelf
below was a slice of cake from his sister's
birthday party. Though there was food, none of it
was edible.
Emphatic Order The information in the paragraph is
organized to emphasize certain points
depending on the writer’s purpose. (Landich,
2018) Example:
After looking at all the brochures and talking to
several salesmen, I decided to purchase an SLR
camera. For several years I had been dissatisfied
with the results I was getting from my
pointandshoot camera. The framing was
imprecise and the focus was not always
accurate. I had planned a vacation to an area
that promised many fabulous photo
opportunities, and I wanted to capture each one
with accuracy. But the most important reason I
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decided on the SLR camera was the great
versatility it offered. In the above paragraph,
the organization moves from the least important
idea (dissatisfaction with the results of the point-
andshoot camera) to the most important idea
(the versatility offered with the SLR camera).