Coded-Chart Game

Finding the hidden

words on the following
coded-chart.
A B C D E F
10 5 1 3 12 16
G H I J K L
2 14 8 18 17 9
M N O P Q R
15 21 4 11 19 20
S T U V W X
26 23 7 25 6 24
Y Z
13 22
 Text
as a connected

Edlyn M. Baui
 Text versus Discourse
Text Discourse
• Text is defined in • Discourse is viewed
terms of its being as a process.
a physical
product.
• Meaning is derived
• Meaning is not through the
found in text. reader’s interaction
with the text.
 Text versus Discourse
A text is made up A discourse is
of sentences made up of written
having the and oral discourse
(utterances) having
property of the property of
grammatical coherence.
cohesion.
How to facilitate the interpretation of a
text while reading?
• Cohesion Coherence

Reader´s Reader´s
linguistic experience
competence knowledge on
writing
conventions
Text versus Discourse
Text analysis Discourse analysis
deals with investigates
cohesion. coherence.
Text versus Discourse
Text analysis Discourses are “ways
of combining and
deals with integrating language,
interpretation actions, interactions, ways
of thinking, believing,
based on valuing, and using various
linguistic symbols, tools, and objects
to enact a particular sort of
evidence. socially recognizable
identity.”
 What makes
text a connected
discourse?
Text becomes a
connected
discourse when
we READ.
 Practice
Analyze the following image with text and sentences based on the
structure of text and discourse.
“Peter saw cows and pigs
flying around his house.”
 “There is not a liberal
America and a conservative
America—there is the United
States of America."
 Based on the discussion,
what are the differences of
text versus discourse and
how text becomes a
connected discourse?
 Performance task 1
This is your chance to share your appreciation to your teachers!

Let us write!
Write a letter for your teacher on the
heart’s day. Be sure to follow the parts of
the letter and the concept of text and
discourse structure.
 Criteria on Letter Writing
Organization===

Content===

Linguistic style===

Linguistic Competence===

Mechanics===

Creativity====