Text Structure MPB

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Welcome to English Class

Take your seat and grab your laptop

Goals

At the end of this lesson, you wil be able to:

1. apply different reading strategies. 
2. identify key points of a text about social media. 
3. summarize a text about social media.  
4. demonstrate understanding by answering questions and writing a short summary. 

What comes to mind when
you think of social media?

Do you have a social media account?

Yes

No

What do you use your account for?
E.g. entertainment, news etc.

How many hours a day do you spend on social media?

0 - 2

2 - 4

4 - 6

6+

Do you get distracted by your phone while studying?
(0 = not at all, 10 = very much)

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Social Media throughout the years

Text structure: paragraphs and key phrases

A paragraph is a group of sentences about one topic.

The key phrase is the sentence in a paragraph with the most important information.

The key phrase is often the first or last sentence of a paragraph.

The text consists of six paragraphs.

The key phrase can be found in the first or last sentence of the paragraph.

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Introduction, body and conclusion

Most texts are made up of an introduction, a body and a conclusion. This setup gives structure to the text.

- In the introduction, the first part of a text, the subject of the text is introduced. The introduction often grabs your attention with a story or an example that makes you want to read the rest of the text.
- The body of a text is made up of paragraphs. Each paragraph focuses on one topic and gives reasons, explanations or examples to support it.
- The conclusion is the last part of a text. It wraps up the text, by summing up the most important information, repeating the main subject or idea, looking forward to the next step, or presenting a quote, question, joke or surprising fact.

1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Conclusion

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Reading structure + Key terms

What is ''function''?  

• ''What is the function of paragraph 1?''

What is ''key phrase''?  

• ''What is the key phrase in paragraph 1?''

What is a summary of a text?

How social media changed teen life forever

• Read the text, answer the questions as you read.
• Write a summary of the article.

What is a paragraph?

What is a key phrase?