Students will be able to:
- Achieve coherence (meeting the readers' expectations for organization and development of ideas with logical flow of information) both within and across paragraphs
- Use cohesive devices (e.g., pronouns, parallel structure, transition signals, and repetitions) and old/new information pattern appropriately for different audiences and purposes
- Evaluate presence/absence of coherence and cohesion in their own writing and propose revisions based on new knowledge from lesson
Part 1: Paragraph Analysis
- Study the paragraphs presented. What do they lack, cohesion, coherence or unity?
- What characteristics signal to you that the paragraphs are missing cohesion, coherence or unity?
- How would you change them to make them better?
Part 2: Lecture
- Follow the powerpoint on cohesion, coherence and unity. Answers any questions asked by the teacher and take notes on particular issue or questions you may have on the topic material
- Open the KNO activity worksheet. Establish a key. Pick a different color for known, new, and old, and highlight those words in the color you select for that word. These are the colors you will use to highlight the corresponding parts of the paragraph in the worksheet.
- Open the KNO activity II worksheet. Using your knowledge of KNO and word chains, pick 3 highlighter colors, and create a key at the top of your paper: three colors for KNO. Once you have finished the highlights, in 1-2 paragraphs, write an analysis of your original diagnostic paragraph. How did you do with respect to KNO and word chains? Did you have trouble with this concept? How, specifically, would you suggest improvements to your paper?
- Finally, write a revision of that paragraph, with the goal of making it as coherent as possible, using KNO and word chains to get you started.
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