English Grade 8

• Linear text - Requires to be read from start to finish
• Linear text - A traditional text
• Non-linear text - Do not have to go through text sequentially
• Non-linear text - uses graphic organizer, concept maps, etc.
• linear text- uses short stories, novels, and letters
• Expository Text - designed to explain, inform, present.
• 1. Pie chart - shows data in circular form.
• Bar Graph - plots data using rectangular bars, each bar representing a value of the variable.
• Vines - also known as bar graph
• Mark - Also known as Line graph
• Tables - also known as MATRIX
• Pictograph - uses image to represent the data
• Maps- spatial arrangement over an area
• Flow chart - movements of people or things
• fact - generally refers to something that is true and can be verified as such. That is, a fact is something that can be proven to be true.
• Opinion - refers to a personal belief. It relates to how someone feels about something. Others may agree or disagree with an opinion, but they cannot prove or disprove it.   
• Opinion - personal judgment based on facts; hence, it is debatable and potent
• Fact - universal
• opinion - differs from person to person
• Fact - It is not a debatable
• Opinion - it is debatable
• Opinion - show with biased words
• Facts - unbiased words
• COMMONPLACE ASSERTION - conviction based on cultural or personal faith, morality or values..
• Belief - conviction based on cultural or personal faith, morality or values.
• Multimodal text - include picture books, text books, graphic novels, comics, and posters, where meaning is conveyed to the reader through varying combinations of visual
• Multimodal Texts - are often live, digital text, or paper-based.  It requires the processing of more than one method and the recognition of the interconnections between information
• Visual : colour, vectors and viewpoint in still and moving images 
• Gestural : movement, facial expression and body language
• Spatial: proximity, direction, position of layout, organization of objects in space
• Live multimodal texts, for example, dance, performance, and oral storytelling, convey meaning through combinations of modes such as gestural, spatial, spoken language, and audio
• Digital multimodal texts is presented through dynamic combinations of various modes across written and spoken language, still and moving visual image, audio, gesture, and spatial communicative resources.
• Films - is a form of storytelling using a series of moving images shown on the screen, usually with sounds 
• Animation - is a method of storytelling using figures that are manipulated to appear as a series of moving images
• e-posters - or electronic posters is a digital presentation of a study and can be accessed through the use of softwares 
• Digital stories - is a multimedia presentation of a narrative structure combining a variety of digital elements 
• Paper- based multimodal texts are conveyed to the reader through varying combinations of written language and still images.
• Infographics - is a collection of images, charts, and data to present a quick and clear information
• Graphic texts - presents information and data with the use of words in diagrams and drawings 

   
• Comics - is a a medium of narration using images combined with text