1.7 Coherence: Word Chains

Announcement!

Portfolio Due: Sep, 20 (Fri) 11:55 p.m. sharp.

Revision Due: Sep, 22 (Sun) 11:55 p.m. sharp.

*** On Friday, we will talk about punctuation. If you have specific topics to discuss in class, place put them on google doc. Follow the link.

Today’s lesson will be about:

Objectives

You will be able to:

• Understand the notions of coherence and why they are important in academic writings.
• Identify meaning carrying units in paragraphs.
• Devise a plan for revision based on the diagnosis of a paragraph's patterns—KNO structure and word chains.

Attendance

Coherence

PPT

Word Chain Practice

Diagnostic Essay

Open the file, 1^st Diagnostic_YourName.

Group and highlight different meaning carrying units with colors.

Discuss with your partner whether your paragraphs are healthy in terms of KNO structure and word chains. Provide reasons, too.

Homework

Engineering Activity #4

Look back your diagnostic essay with new perspective, coherence. Write a paragraph about questions below.

1. Select another one body paragraph from your diagnostic essay.

2. Copy and paste it in Original body paragraph for KNO structure.

Identify K-N-O information and highlight each part with different colors.

Copy and paste the body paragraph again in Original body paragraph for word chains.

Identify meaning carrying units and highlight them with different colors.

3. In Your Comment, Write about 1 thing you think are done well.

Also, write about 1 things you think you could work on (Here, you can write about what part(s) you missed in KNO structure or word chains and how to change them.).

4. Revise the chosen body paragraph in New body paragraph for KNO structure.

Identify K-N-O information and highlight each part with different colors.

Copy and paste the revised paragraph again in New body paragraph for word chains.

Identify meaning carrying units and highlight them with different colors.

*Must use Example Format.

*Name the file as coherence.

*Submit it on Dropbox in Engineering Activity.

*Due date: Sep, 17 (Tue) at 11:55 p.m. sharp.