English 10

Linear and Non-Linear Texts

Opening
Prayer
 Good afternoon!
Welcome back to class!

Today's lesson
• identify linear and non-linear texts;
• differentiate linear from non-linear
text;
• interpret data in non-linear texts
Activity 1: Vocabulary Check

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/RB6VMRG?teacher_id=6655418154614784
Activity 1: Vocabulary Check
Activity 2

https://www.bookwidgets.com/play/DB6SUD4?teacher_id=6655418154614784
Activity 2
Activity 3: Panacalan Island Sandbar
Activity 3: Panacalan Island Sandbar
 What is Linear Text?
• traditional text that needs to
be read from beginning to
end
• reader makes sense of the
text according to the
grammatical and syntactic
arrangement of the words
• also called linear reading
• most common type of
reading (traditional)
• Novels, poems, short stories,
letters, educational texts
• the traditional method of
reading the way how
children are taught
• not always
advantageous; time
consuming
Examples of Linear Text

Essay Article Poem

 What is Non-Linear Text?

• any text that is read

• includes texts with visuals or not from beginning to end
• opposite of linear text;
graphs
non sequential
• encyclopedia,
• flowcharts, charts, and telephone directory
• reader makes sense of
graphs, graphical organizers
the text in many different
(knowledge maps and story • follows skimming to obtain
paths
maps) specific information
 Examples of Non-Linear Text

Telephone Directory Bar Graph Infographic

 Examples of Non-Linear Text

Flow Chart Histogram Pie Chart

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 Linear Text vs Non-Linear Texts
• refers to traditional text that needs to Definition • refers to text that does not need to be
be read from beginning to end read from beginning to end

• there is only one reading path, which Reading Path

• there are multiple reading paths, they
is decided by the author are determined by the reader

• typically includes printed texts Content • typically includes digital texts

• it may take time to find the Efficiency

• allows readers to find
information readers are searching for information more efficiently

• novels, poems, letters, textbooks, Examples • flowcharts, knowledge maps, and

newspaper articles encyclopedias
Clarified?
Performance Task:
- Make your autobiography in linear form.
- Transform your autobiography into non-linear text.
- Choose from the examples of a non-linear.

You will be graded based on the following criteria:

- Content: 10 points
- Creativity: 10 points
- Total: 20 points