READING AND WRITING

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Christian Danielle C.Cañares | Module 5 | Second Semester

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At the end of our lesson, you will be able to:

a. Find out the meaning of hypertext; and

b. Differentiate linear and non linear text

Linear text- this is the most common type of text that need to be read from
beginning to end. Generally, texts printed on paper are considered as linear texts.
Novels, poem, short stories, letters, educational texts, all those text we read from
the beginning to the end, are linear texts.

Hypertext- Nelson (1987) described hypertext as a series of chunks

connected by links that offer readers different pathways. It is non-linear or multi
linear, non- sequential and allows for the readers navigation control.

Ted Nelson coined the words “hypertext” and “Hypermedia” in 1965 and
worked with Andires Van Dam to develop the hypertext editing system in 1968.
When you type a word and attach a link to that word so upon clicking on the word,
reader is sent to the site attached

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 • Hypertext- text only
• Hypermedia- not just a text but also images, sounds, animation or
videos.
• Multimedia- linking images, videos, sound and texts.

ACTIVITY TIME!
Direction: Give 3 advantages and disadvantages of using linear text and Hypertext,
write your answer in the space provided below.

LINEAR TEXT
ADVANTAGE

1.____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

DISADVANTAGE

1.___________________________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________________________

HYPERTEXT
ADVANTAGE

1.____________________________________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________________________________

3.____________________________________________________________________________

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DISADVANTAGE

1.___________________________________________________________________________

2.__________________________________________________________________________

3.__________________________________________________________________________

At the end of the lesson the student is expected to:

• Explain how ones purpose is a crucial consideration in academic writing and

professional writing;
• Identify the unique features of the requirements in composing texts that are
useful across disciplines.

PURPOSEFUL WRITING IN THE

DISCIPLINES
Everything that a person does serves a purpose. Writing serves one of its
three basic purpose; to inform, to entertain and to persuade. Generally, technical
writing serves to inform; literary writing, to entertain; and business writing, to
persuade. However, some writings serve not only one, but two or three, of these
purposes. For example, a recommendation letter is both informative and
persuasive.

Writing may also classified into academic and professional writings are
written by members of a certain profession, for example, medicine. examples of
academic writings are book review, article critique, literature review, and research
report; examples of professional writings are application letter, business letters,
and office correspondence.

Academic text is defined as critical, objective, specialized text written by

experts or professionals in a given field using formal language. A well-structured
text enables the reader to follow the argument and navigate the text. Academic
text should be logical and organized, if it is well organized, logical and organized,
your text is easier to understand.

The introduction and conclusion should be shorter than the body of a text.
Longer text may have several pages long.

What is IMRAD structure?

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Introduction-------------- ( what question was asked?)
Method------------------- ( How was it studied?)
Results------------------- ( what was found?)
And
Discussion-------------- ( what do the findings mean?)

At the end of the lesson, the student is expected to:

1.identify the unique features of and requirements in composing professional

correspondence and

2.Compose professional correspondence- resume and application for employment.

PURPOSEFUL WRITING FOR THE

PROFESSIONS
Basic parts of a professional correspondence

• Letter head or heading

• Dateline
• Inside address
• Salutation
• Body of the letter
• Complimentary close
• Signature block
• Reference initials

Optional parts of a business letter

• Attention line
• Subject line

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 • Enclosure notation
• Cc notation (Carbon Copy Notation)
• Postscript
• Mailing notation

Formats or style of business letter

1. Full block style

2. Modified block style
3. Semi block style
4. Simplified NOMA (National Office Management Association)

Punctuation Style

1. Open punctuation
2. Standard punctuation
3. Closed punctuation

RESUME- personal summary of your professional history

ACTIVITY TIME!
DIRECTION: Accomplish the following task below. Write it in a bond paper and compile
it your folder. 100pts

1. Application Letter
2. RESUME

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