Reading and Writing (Grade 11 SHS)

TRUE/FALSE

Text: Made up of sentences having the property of grammatical cohesion

Discourse: Use of sentences/utterance having the property of coherence

• True

• False

TRUE/FALSE:

Cohesion deals with the unity of the text as a whole while coherence deals with the logical connection of the text and its consistency.

• True

• False

What is the difference between text and discourse?

• Text is viewed as a product and is a written record of interaction while discourse is viewed as a process and is the reader's interaction with the text in a spoken manner.

• Discourse is viewed as a product and is a written record of interaction while text is viewed as a process and is the reader's interaction with the text in a spoken manner.

• Text is viewed as a process and is a written record of interaction while discourse is viewed as a product and is the reader's interaction with the text in a spoken manner.

• Text is viewed as a product and is a spoken record of interaction while discourse is viewed as a process and is the reader's interaction with the text in a written manner.

Text becomes a connected discourse when we ________.

• Interact with the text through the process of reading.

• Interact with the text through the process of writing.

• Interact with the text through the process of speaking.

• Interact with the text through the process of listening.

__________ is a process of viewing letters and words printed on a text or flashed on screen and making meaning out of it.

• Reading

• Writing

• Reading and Writing

• Thinking

The meaning of the text is incomplete unless ______________.

• The reader rereads the text again to grasp the whole idea of the text.

• You have more information and background knowledge/schema.

• The ideas presented by the author can be fully understood by the reader, processed in the brain and produces an output (thoughts/inferences/learnings)

One of the effective reading strategies in which the reader looks at the readily visible parts of the text. This reading strategy helps in familiarizing contents and important information located within the text.

• Previewing

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Outlining

One of the effective reading strategies in which the reader looks for specific information that involves quick movement of the eyes along the lines of the text.

• Previewing

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Outlining

One of the effective reading strategies in which the reader looks for the main point of the reading and identify the ideas that develop it.

• Previewing

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Outlining

One important ingredient to successful reading and writing is the ability to ___________.

• Comprehend and understand the text being read.

• Generate, select and organize ideas and information.

• Connect background knowledge/schema and new ideas together to create new ones.