Properties of a

Well-Written Text
Objectives
1. determine the beginning, middle, and end of the story read;
2. write the episodes of your life from childhood to young
adulthood using a graphic organizer;
3. organize ideas using proper transitional devices;
4. construct a coherent and cohesive paragraph;
5. determine the essence of proper language use in written texts;
6. evaluate a written text based on the appropriateness of
language use;
7. utilize writing prowess through practice skills in grammar; and
8. use proper mechanics in writing such as spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, and paragraph development.
Organization
Overcoming
nervousness
Confidence-building strategies
COHERENCE
AND
COHESION
The Topic Sentence
and Coherence in a
Paragraph
Let’s take a look at these examples:

1.
Aida has a vegetable garden. She
grows pechay, lettuce, tomatoes, squash,
and string beans in her garden. She waters
her plants everyday. She also puts
fertilizer in the soil. She picks pechay
leaves and squash tops for dinner.
Where is the topic sentence?
1.
Aida has a vegetable garden. She
grows pechay, lettuce, tomatoes,
squash, and string beans in her garden.
She waters her plants everyday. She also
puts fertilizer in the soil. She picks
pechay leaves and squash tops for
dinner.
2.
Raising poultry is a demanding job.
Chickens need good food, clean water and
sunlight. They have to be fed early in the
morning and in the afternoon. Their chicken
coop needs cleaning every morning, for a
single ant-bite can be fatal.
Where is the topic sentence?

2.

Raising poultry is a demanding job.

Chickens need good food, clean water and
sunlight. They have to be fed early in the
morning and in the afternoon. Their chicken
coop needs cleaning every morning, for a
single ant-bite can be fatal.
Exercise Unity in Paragraphs

In each of the following

paragraphs, one or more sentences
do not relate to the others. In each
paragraph, pick out any sentences
that do not relate to the others, and
thus destroy the unity of the
paragraph.
1
Training is the best break any
person can give a dog. Never
whip a dog. It takes time and
patience to train a dog.
Sometimes, in order to train a
dog, you will have to pass up an
afternoon on the ball field. It’s
worth it, though--- a thousand
times over. Your dog will love
you even more for it.
2

I guess I’ve been on every kind

of diet ever invented or thought of.
Many books on diets have been
published recently. I remember the
time I resolved to eat only fruit and
cottage cheese. Then there was the
B diet: boiled eggs and bananas. I
ate so many bananas that I felt like
King Kong. The trouble was, I was
still shaped like him too.
Language Use
LESSON 3
Language Use
You have to bear in mind that aside from
considering the organization of your ideas and
the coherence and cohesion of your sentences
and paragraphs, you also have to regard the
style, tone and clarity of your writing. On
this note, you are responsible to choose the
appropriate language to be used and to regard
the objective of the writing, the context in which
it was written and the target audience in mind.
5 Major issues to avoid with
Appropriate Language
Lesson 4:
Mechanics
Read the letter below.
Identify all errors by placing
the correct capitalization and
punctuation, correcting
misspelled words, and
writing the sentences in
paragraph form.
Thank you