1. Word cloud
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Name three text features you might find in a book?
2. Slide
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Text features are specific elements of writing that an author uses to help readers understand the text more easily. Examples of text features are headings, subheadings, bold print, italics, diagrams, charts, photographs, and footnotes. These features help readers comprehend the main ideas and details in the text.
Text Features: What You Need to Know
3. Slide
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Font: The style and size of the text used in a document. Bold: A style of font in which the text appears darker and thicker than ordinary text. Italic: A style of font in which the text appears slanted to the right.
Concepts:
4. Poll
60 seconds
What is your favorite text feature?
- Highlighting
- Fonts
- Colors
- Underlining
- Bolding
5. Slide
60 seconds
The longest word ever used in literature is a 189,819 letter long word that appears in a work by Aristophanes. The average person types 38 words per minute. The average length of a book title is 14 words.
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6. Word cloud
120 seconds
What is a simple definition of organizational patterns?
7. Slide
60 seconds
Organizational patterns are structures used to arrange information. They help to make information easier to find and understand. Cause and effect Comparison/contrast, Enumeration or listing Sequential/Process Chronological Concept/definition Generalization Problem/solution Process Spatial Order of Importance
Organizational Patterns
8. Open question
180 seconds
Work together in pairs: Q: What textual clues can you use to identify an author's organizational pattern?
9. Personalised Feedback
360 seconds
What organizational pattern is used to look a essay, and how does it help to structure the essay?
10. Open question
180 seconds
Work together in pairs: What are three types of organizational patterns that authors can use when writing an essay?
11. Drawings
450 seconds
Brain break: Draw a family of elephants trying to fit inside a tiny car.
12. Poll
60 seconds
What is the main purpose of the cause and effect organizational pattern?
- To explain how one event leads to another
- To list items in order
- To compare and contrast two or more things
13. Poll
60 seconds
Which organizational pattern is used to describe a problem and provide possible solutions?
- Problem-Solution
- Cause-Effect
- Chronological
14. Poll
60 seconds
'First', 'next', and 'finally' are examples of transition words used in which organizational pattern?
- Chronological
- Compare-Contrast
- Problem-Solution
15. Poll
60 seconds
What type of information would you expect to find in the conclusion section of an essay that uses the problem-solution organizational pattern?
- The proposed solution(s) to the problem discussed.
- A summary of all points discussed in the essay.
- A list comparing different aspects related to a topic.
16. Poll
60 seconds
What is the purpose of using compare/contrast as an organizational structure?
- To show how two or more things are similar or different.
- To explain how one event leads to another.
- To present information in a logical, step-by-step sequence.
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