Unit 1 and 2 Reading and Writing

• Reading is a process of meaning construction through interaction of reader, text and context that involves word recognition, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.
• Writing is a systematic skill that is based on vocabulary, grammar, semantics, and system of signals in the form of formal alphabet.
• Narrative Writing focuses on telling a fictional story.
• A narrative essay always tells a story.
• Narrative is often anecdotal, experiential, and personal, allowing students to express themselves in creative and, quite often, moving ways.
• Settings in a story refer to the time and place where the story takes place.
• Plot in a story is the sequence of events.
• Character in a story refers to the people involved in the story.
• Theme in a story is the subject matter or the basic idea of the story.
• Mood in a piece of literature signifies the emotion or feelings of the narrator or speaker.
• Thesis - sets up the action in the introduction
• Transition Sentences – connect events and guide the reader.
• Conclusion - ends the story action and provides a moral, prediction, or revelation.
• The introduction establishes the narrator's tone, mood, voice and point of view.
• The introduction must contain a hook and a thesis.
• A narrative hook is an introductory part or opening of the essay that grabs the attention and helps the mood of the reader.
• A thesis expresses the main idea of the essay and states the structure of the information.
• Thesis statements will only drop hints on the following sequence.
• The body of an essay contains most of the supporting information which is the plot.
• The body of an essay can be arranged in numerous ways, such as Chronological Order.
• Transitional sentences are used to signal the end of the action in one paragraph and to provide a link to the action of the next paragraph.
• The conclusion of an essay contains brief statements of the main point and can deliver the moral of the story.
• The conclusion of an essay can make a prediction or revelation.