1. READING AND THINKING STRATEGIES ACROSS TEXT TYPES OBJECTIVES: 1. Describe a written text as connected discourse 2. Distinguish between and among techniques in selecting and organizing information 3. Distinguish between and among patterns of development in writing across disciplines 4. Identify the properties of a well-written text

2. “E ITHER WRITE SOMETHING WORTH READING OR DO SOMETHING WORTH WRITING ” - B ENJAMIN F RANKLIN

3. T EXT AS CONNECTED DISCOURSE Originally the word “discourse” comes from the Latin ‘discursus’ which stand for “conversation, speech”. Discourse is a term used in LINGUISTICS to refer to a continous stretch of (specially spoken) LANGUAGE larger than a SENTENCE – but, within this broad notion, several different applications may be found. Originally the word “discourse” comes from the Latin ‘discursus’ which stand for “conversation, speech”. Discourse is a term used in LINGUISTICS to refer to a continous stretch of (specially spoken) LANGUAGE larger than a SENTENCE – but, within this broad notion, several different applications may be found.

4. J ACQUES LUCAN AND FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE “Language (Discourse) is the main force which works behid all kinds of human activities and changes in social fabric, whereas the Modernists attribute discourse to development and progress.”

5. T EXT VERSUS DISCOURSE TEXT is to SENTENCE as DISCOURSE is to UTTERANCES

6. ACTIVITY 1: TEXT: List atleast 5 characteristics of a text DISCOURSE List atleast 5 characteristics of a text TEXT: List atleast 5 characteristics of a text DISCOURSE List atleast 5 characteristics of a text

7. PRAGMATICS AS AN APPROACH TO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS PRAGMATICS – is a broad approach to discourse that deals with the widely vast concepts of meaning, context and communication. - Comparatively, pragmatics involve the use of language to meet specific needs or for a predetermined purpose. DISCOURSE - is the method, either written or verbal, by which an idea is communicated in an orderly, understandable fashion. - Used as a verb, discourse refers to the exchange of ideas or information through conversation. PRAGMATICS – is a broad approach to discourse that deals with the widely vast concepts of meaning, context and communication. - Comparatively, pragmatics involve the use of language to meet specific needs or for a predetermined purpose. DISCOURSE - is the method, either written or verbal, by which an idea is communicated in an orderly, understandable fashion. - Used as a verb, discourse refers to the exchange of ideas or information through conversation.

8. F ORMS OF WRITTEN DISCOURSE Expository writing- is a piece that is written to explain something or provide information about an issue. Descriptive writing- presents a description of a particular thing through sensual language. It describes a particular item, scene, or event. Narrative discourse- is typically a written work that tells a story, often with a basic structure that includes a beginning, a middle, and an end. Expository writing- is a piece that is written to explain something or provide information about an issue. Descriptive writing- presents a description of a particular thing through sensual language. It describes a particular item, scene, or event. Narrative discourse- is typically a written work that tells a story, often with a basic structure that includes a beginning, a middle, and an end.

9. Argumentative written discourse- is one that is meant to pursuade someone with a particular idea or to argue a certain point of view. These type of written works are often created by a writer to pursuade the reader into a certain mode of thinking, usually through the presentation of information from a particular perspective. Them. Expository writing- presents information about an issue. These works do not argue that one thing is better than another, but simply provide information about them. Argumentative written discourse- is one that is meant to pursuade someone with a particular idea or to argue a certain point of view. These type of written works are often created by a writer to pursuade the reader into a certain mode of thinking, usually through the presentation of information from a particular perspective. Them. Expository writing- presents information about an issue. These works do not argue that one thing is better than another, but simply provide information about them.

10. A CTIVITY 2: NOTE IT OUT ! Write a true story of something that happened to you once, which deeply moved you, upset you, frightened you, or made you angry/cry. Write in language that fits the experience and expresses in the most forceful way you know, how you felt about what happened. Give plenty details, but write only as much as you need to write in order to tell story as you feel it must be told. Just begin at the beginning and tell the whole truth: what happened in the order that it happened, and how you felt about it. Write a true story of something that happened to you once, which deeply moved you, upset you, frightened you, or made you angry/cry. Write in language that fits the experience and expresses in the most forceful way you know, how you felt about what happened. Give plenty details, but write only as much as you need to write in order to tell story as you feel it must be told. Just begin at the beginning and tell the whole truth: what happened in the order that it happened, and how you felt about it.