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Continue Activity 12 below

» Here are my own eleven rules, every one of which I regard

as golden:
Remember

There are five
different patterns
to organize the
information in
• Scan the circled key words to find the organizational pattern. a text. Cause-
effect emphasizes
Look at the example. the relationship
Example: between an event
and its results. The
chronological order
presents the events
People in the United States are used to teabags. However, they are too weak for a good cup of tea.
in the order in which
they occurred.
Compare-contrast
fact opinion that disagrees with the fact
emphasizes the
similarities and
differences between
two or more subjects.
(a friend of mine used to joke that she would marry either a Tatar or an Englishmen, because
The list classifies
both would know that tea should be drunk with milk). the information
according to one
opinion that agrees with the fact feature. Problem-
solution states
Reader's the problem and
• Make a graphic in your notebook to represent how Book page 69 provides possible
the information is organized in the essay. Look at solutions for solving
it. Sometimes, the
the example in your Reader’s Book, page 69. writer will use one or
combine two in the
same essay.
13. Listen to the track. TRACK 45
• With your teacher’s help, match the comprehension strategies to the definitions
and to the phrases by writing the letter between the brackets. Look at the example.

Some comprehension strategies
Taken from: https://goo.gl/ETw5pH

a. Predict ( ) Look for the meaning of ( ) -“I think this essay is about
key words and main ideas. how to make tea because of
the title.”

b. Make connections ( ) Summarize and comment ( b ) -“The author is talking about
on what was read. tea, as he stated in the title,
and he will guide the reader
through his own recipe to make
a nice cup of tea.”

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