LEARNING COMPETENCY

Identifying the properties of a

well-written text.

code: EN11/12RWS-IIIGN-4
Properties of a Well-
Written Text
DISCUSSANTS:
JOHANNA FAE RIVERA
JUANA REJ DE JESUS
JAZZ RELLOSA
ACTIVITY

Charades and Creative Writing

• The class will choose two representatives to
choose words and act it out.
• The rest of the class will guess the topics with
unity.

* The words is connected to the topic

“Properties of a well-written text”
 What is a Well-Written Text?
It means that when ,you tell a
story, make a point, tell a joke etc.,
the writing flows quickly,
smoothly, and with little effort on
the part of the reader.
A well-written text can have
multiples of paragraphs
which means having a series
of sentences that are
organized and coherent, and
are all related to a single
topic.
 There are three types of sentence you must
consider in a paragraph.
1. Topic Sentence
The topic sentence is the first sentence in a
paragraph.
2. Supporting Sentence
It introduces the main idea of the paragraph.
3. Concluding Sentence
Summarize the main idea of your paragraph.
Make clear what your paragraph will be about.
 Example of well-written text paragraph with 3 types of sentence.

Canada is one of the best countries in the world

to live in. First, Canada has an excellent health
care system. All Canadians have access to
medical services at a reasonable price. Second,
Canada has a high standard of education.
Students are taught by well‐trained teachers and
are encouraged to continue studying at
university. Finally, Canada's cities are clean and
efficiently managed. Canadian cities have many
parks and lots of space for people to live. As a
result, Canada is a desirable place to live.
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Well-written text is also
refers to the way
sentences are ordered
and structured to create
a unified and cohesive
body of text.
Text. It is the original words of
a piece of writing or a speech;
the words that make up the
main part of a book,
magazine, newspaper, web
site, etc. ; a book or other
piece of writing; especially ;
one that is studied.
The properties of a well-written text are:

• Organization
• Coherence and Cohesion
• Language Use
• Mechanics
 ORGANIZATION
It is where the ideas are well-developed
when there is a clear statement of
purpose, position, facts, examples,
specific details, definitions,
explanations, etc. It is achieved when
the ideas are logically and accurately
arranged.

By Katrina Claire Landich

1. PHYSICAL FORMAT
- how the text physically appears.

2. SIGNAL WORDS
- the cue in ordering of events and
concepts.

3. STRUCTURE
- the complete framework of the text.
COHERENCE and COHESION
Coherence means that the sentences are
arranged in a logical manner, making them
easily understood by the readers.

Cohesion is the connecting of ideas at

sentence level. It uses the chronological
order, spatial order, and emphatic order.

By Katrina Claire Landich

 LANGUAGE USE
Is the appropriateness of a word or vocabulary usage.
It can be formal (biased) and informal (unbiased).

IT INVOLES:
- JARGON (i.e. a form of language regarded as
barbarous, debased, or hybrid.)
- CLICHES are very predictable or unoriginal thing or
person.
- An example of ABBREVIATIONS are SKL (Share Ko
Lang) and DIY (Do It Yourself),.
- Gender Neutral (e.g. Doctor, Engineer, and
Architect)
 MECHANICS
It involves spelling, punctuations and capitalization.
Spelling examples:
- make sure that you are consistently humorous - humurous
using one standard with regard to the buried - burried
spelling of your words.
Punctuations Such as:
-use punctuation based on the impact apostrophe, comma, colon
and thought you want to emphasize in and semi-colon, em dash
and en dash, and period
your text
Capitalization examples:
- consider the conventions in SINHS
capitalizing words such as pronouns Aristotle
and titles. The subjects…
Tips on how to do a well written text:
1. Have something to say. This makes
writing easier and faster.
2. Be specific. Consider two sentences.
3. Choose simple words.
4. Write short sentences.
5. Use the active voice.
6. Keep paragraphs short.
7.Eliminate fluff words.
8. Don’t be redundant or repeat yourself
 There are also rubrics
(scoring guidelines) consider
in making a well-written
text that can be used to
provide consistency in
evaluating work or any kind
of activity.
Using those rubrics and tips
we can assess our own
effort and performance,
and make adjustments to
our work that may lead in
having a “well-written text”
 ACTIVITY

Instruction:
Identify the 3 types of sentences
and identify whether the
paragraph is a well written text
or not. Write “YES” if it is while
arrange the sentences if not.