Adult Learning Academy Integrated Reading and Writing Text Features Academic thought Patterns

Examples of Text Features Title Table of contents Headings or subtitles Sidebars Pictures and captions; Inset photos Labeled diagrams, cutaways, and cross sections Charts and graphs Glossary Index

Common Academic Thought Patterns Narrative Illustration Definition Cause-Effect Compare-Contrast Classification Any text, whether one paragraph or multiple paragraphs, may use a variety of patterns . Structure: Multi-paragraph: - Introduction Thesis = Main Idea - Body - Conclusion Paragraph: - Topic sentence = Main Idea - Concluding sentence

Graphics, Data Structures We should also be able to identify and use: Lists Items in a list can be rearranged and the information will not change its meaning Sequences /Processes Timelines How-to Instructions Graphics, Data Structures Typical Ways to Organize Information in the Medical Field

Try this for defining fiction, non-fiction, narrative, and expository: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeWCmFU-Ic Expository Text structure is organized by: - Main Ideas - Major Supporting Details - Minor Supporting Details

Narrative Elements Characters Settings Themes Central Problem, or Conflict Sequential presentation of events (usually chronological) Resolution to the Conflict Narrative Structure: Beginning Middle End

A Medical Narrative http://issuu.com/dtomazin/docs/walrath?mode=window (with a variety of identifiable patterns and features) From a collection of graphic stories by fourth-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine. http://issuu.com/dtomazin/docs/walrath?mode=window

Let’s identify a few patterns and their characteristics within our narrative: Definitely a narrative conflict – she’s wondering, can I help here? Maybe even, Do I want to get involved?

The causes are divided into categories = Cause and effect ! The causes are divided into categories = classification ! The items in the categories are listed.

A mini-medical narrative, right? Will it come to this process?? Sequence is crucial here.

Narrative Resolution

What will we do with the ability to identify and write with these patterns? Integrate information in a text with our own knowledge Group related ideas Quote, paraphrase, and summarize important information Interpret graphics, charts, tables Synthesize information Apply information in a text to real-world situations 4_18_13

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