Reading and Writing Lesson 1

• TEXT - is a large unit of written language. It is a set of words phrases and sentences that expresses one main point or central idea
• DISCOURSE - comes from the late Latin word "discursus" which means conversatiom
• Cohesion - refers to the way we use vocabulary and grammatical structures to make connections between the ideas within a text. It provides flow and sequence to your work and helps make your paragraphs clear for the reader
• Coherence - refers to the unity or togetherness of the test as a whole to give its overall meaning.
• Intentionality - refers to the writer's intention and purpose in writing the test.
• Acceptability - it refers on how the overall meaning of the text is recognized or defined by the audience.
• Informativity - it refers to the quantity of information learned by the audience or readers from the written text.
• Situationality - the text's topic is situationally and culturally appropriate for the intended readers.
• Intertextuality - it refers on how the meaning of one text changes when we relate it to another text.
• Intertextuality - It is one way to understand how writing is contingent upon other factors: in this case how another text influences the way we understand or struggle to understand a given text.
• Reading and writing - processes are not merely personal but involve an intellectual relationship between you and other.
• Reading and writing - It focuses on the creation of meaning which occurs when author and audience understand what the words both say and intend.
• Reading - is defined as a cognitive process that involves decoding symbols to arrive at meaning.
• Writing - is the process of using symbols (letters of the alphabet pinctuation and spaces) to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form.
• Pre-reading - guessing what the text is all about based prior knowledge on.
• Prewriting - generating ideas based on prior knowledge or brainstorming and outlining.
• Reading - trying to comprehend the writer's idea through context clues.
• Drafting - focusing on how ideas will be written in paragraphs and writing based on the writer's purpose and audience's needs.
• Responding - drawing conclusions from the ideas presented in the text and reacting to the writer's idea through written or oral communication.
• Revising - reviewing the text and adding more or deleting some information checking validity and organization of ideas through reading.
• Exploring - noticing how the writer was able to achieve his or her purpose looking at the writing style and analyzing its effectiveness.
• Editing - looking for errors in word choice grammar and mechanics that may affect the effectiveness of expressing the ideas or key message
• Applying - transferring or integrating the learnings from a read text to other situations
• Publishing - sharing useful ideas or the text at large to the readers.