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Patterns of Development in Writing Across Disciplines

Here is a 3 paragraph narrative about a time I felt strongly: I was nervous as I waited backstage for my turn to perform in the school talent show. As the previous act finished up, I could feel my heart racing in my chest. When they announced my name, I walked on stage shaking. I started singing the first line of my song but my voice cracked. I froze, looking out at all the faces staring up at me. After what felt like an eternity, I took a deep breath and began again, this time my voice came out steady and clear. As I got into the song, I forgot about my nerves and started having fun with it. By the chorus, I was dancing around the stage with enthusiasm

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Patterns of Development in Writing Across Disciplines

Here is a 3 paragraph narrative about a time I felt strongly: I was nervous as I waited backstage for my turn to perform in the school talent show. As the previous act finished up, I could feel my heart racing in my chest. When they announced my name, I walked on stage shaking. I started singing the first line of my song but my voice cracked. I froze, looking out at all the faces staring up at me. After what felt like an eternity, I took a deep breath and began again, this time my voice came out steady and clear. As I got into the song, I forgot about my nerves and started having fun with it. By the chorus, I was dancing around the stage with enthusiasm

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PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

IN WRITING ACROSS
DISCIPLINES
Reading and Writing
The Lesson is Divided Into Eight Parts, Namely:

 Part 1 – Narration  Part 5 – Comparison and


 Part 2 – Description Contrast
 Part 3 – Definition  Part 6 – Cause and Effect
 Part 4 –  Part 7 – Problem-Solution
Exemplification/Classificati Essay
on  Part 8 – Persuasion
MELC: Compare and contrast patterns of written
texts across disciplines.

Objectives: After going through this module, the learner is expected to:
1. familiarize yourself with the different writing patterns in
paragraph development;
2. identify the transitional words and phrases used in the different
writing patterns;
3. write a short paragraph using certain writing pattern; and
4. distinguish the uses and the differences of each writing pattern.
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. When giving the full meaning of a certain topic, which pattern is


applicable?
A. Description B. Definition C. Narration D. Problem Solution
2. If you were to tell a story, which pattern of paragraph development would
you use?
A. Description B. Definition C. Narration D. Problem Solution
3. What pattern presents the reasons and possible results of an event?
A. Description B. Cause and Effect C. Narration D. Problem Solution
4. In this section, you need to mention an
overview of the problem, the why of the
problem, and who should be concerned
Choose the letter about the problem.
of the correct A. Introduction B. middle section
answer. Write C. conclusion D. exposition
your answers on 5. Which would best suit a text that aims
a separate sheet to discuss the taxonomy of a group of
of paper. fossils that were recently discovered by a
paleontologist?
A. Comparison and Contrast B. Classification
C. Narration D. Problem Solution
Part 1:
Narration
1. Finally, the old lady crossed the street
safely and Juan was able to reach school on
time.
Read the set of
events and rewrite 2. One morning, Juan is in a hurry going to
the following school.
details on your
answer sheet to 3. Then, he thought of helping the old lady
create a coherent even though he will be late in school.
story.
4. Suddenly, he saw an old lady, carrying a
full of basket, crossing the street.
1. What words are used to signal the correct
sequence of the events?

2. How do you think the ideas were able to relate


to one another?
Then, answer
the follow-up 3. What do we call these words?
questions:
4. How do these words help to create a story?

5. What kind of paragraph were you able to create


using the given details?
NARRATION
A narrative text contains the plot which gives
direction in making a story.
In developing
NARRATION,
• sequential presentation of events
plays an important role.
• Signal words - help to create
unified thought and to show the
transition of events to the next.
• This leads us to focus on the use of
the action words in the story.
• It also helps to move the story and
makes the story interesting.
THE
CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDERING OF
EVENTS

• helps to show the reader how


the story moves.
• Most of the common
transitional words are first, next,
then, after and suddenly.
Moreover, it is also important to
give specific details in pointing
out the direction of the story.
Read the paragraph and answer the following questions on a
separate sheet.
• Being a transferee is never easy. At first, I was hesitant to come but my mother
told me that I would find new friends in Masayahin Senior High School. I would
never forget the day I first entered this school, I felt so shy and nervous. I did not
know anyone for I was a new Grade 11 student. When I entered my first class
looking for a chair to sit in, a boy sitting beside the window sill asked me, “Are
you new in this school?” and I answered shyly, “Yes.” Then, he offered me the
vacant seat beside him. He was Jasper, an old student in that school. We got
along with each other well in our class. We worked on our assignments and
school projects. he slept in our house doing our research work. After a year, we
both realized that in many ways we had a lot of similarities in terms of interests in
life. In the end, we became best of friends.
1. Where and when did the story happen?
2. What transitional devices are used to indicate
the chronological order of time?
3. What event happened first?
4. What does the paragraph tell?
5. What sequence is presented in the story?
Chronological Ordering Narration
Transitional Devices Sequence Plot

1. _________ is a writing pattern that is used to tell story.


2. A narrative text contains the _________ which gives direction in the story.
3. _________are words or phrases that help carry a thought from one sentence to
another, from one idea to another, or from one paragraph to another.
4. Most of the common transitional words to show _________ of events are first,
next, then, after and suddenly.
5. The _________of events helps to show the reader how the story moves.
Writing Activity:

• Write a narrative text about a


time in your life when you
experienced and emotion
strongly. Try to give as much
detail as possible.

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