TextualDevelopment:ClassificationUnit7Thescenarioofinstructionprovidedasfollowsisdesignedjustforreference.Theteacherissupposedtocombineillustratingthefocusedpointswithdoingthegivenexercisesintheunit.Unit7Classroomteachingiscompletelypresupposedonpre-readingthetextoutsideclassroom.I.Lead-inReadthefirsttwoparagraphsofTextA,andtrytofigureoutinwhatwayspeopletelllies.Howdoestheauthororganizetheessay?Howdoestheauthorclassifythewayswetelllies?Doyouagreewiththeauthor’sclassificationofliesthatwealltelleveryday?Providedetailedexamplesfromyourexperiences,ortheexperiencesofpeopleyouknow,foratleasttwoofthecategoriestheauthorprovides.Whatdoyouknowaboutclassificationinwriting?Givesomeexamples.Talkaboutthefeaturesofclassificationinwriting.Inthisunit,wewilllearnwhatclassificationisintextualdevelopmentandhowtodevelopatextbyclassification.I.Lead-inActivatingknowledgemeansmakingwordknowledge

lyinginthemindsofstudentsstartworking.II.ActivatingKnowledgeWhatisclassificationintextualdevelopment?Classificationisalogicalwayofthinkingthatenablesustoseparatealargenumberofitemsintocategories.Theresultisamoremanageablewaytounderstandoranalyzepeopleoritems.Itisalsoapatternoforganizationintextualdevelopment.

BasicElementsofClassificationItmakessenseofagroupofpeopleoritemsbyorganizingthemintocategories.Ithasapurposeforsortingthepeopleoritems.Itcategorizesusingasingleorganizingprinciple.Itgivesdetailedexamplesorexplanationsofwhatfitsintoeachcategory.Howdowedevelopatextbyclassification?Findthebasisforclassification.Choosedistinctcategoriesforclassification.ProvideexamplesforcategoriesinclassificationII.ActivatingKnowledgeHowdoweorganizeaclassificationessay?DecideonthebasisforyourclassificationDeterminethecategoriesforyourclassificationGiveeachcategoryanidentifyingtitleornameWritetopicsentenceandgiveeachcategoryappropriateexamplesWriteaconcludingstatementII.ActivatingKnowledgeApplyingknowledgemeansdoingyourwritingpracticebasedontheknowledgeyouhaveacquired.TaskOneChoosetherightbasisforclassification.Foreachofthefollowingtopics,choosethreedifferentwaysthatthetopiccouldbeclassified,takingthefirsttopicasanexample.III.ApplyingKnowledgeTopicWaysofclassificationBuildingsAccordingtothefunctions,buildingscanbeclassifiedintoresidentialbuildings,

industrybuildingsandstoragebuildings.Vehicles

Movies

Softdrinks

TaskTwo

Howtomakesuretheclassificationfitsyourpurpose.Foreachofthefollowingtopics,firstchooseabasisforclassificationandthendividethetopicintoasmanydistinctcategoriesasyouthinktheclassificationrequires.Writeyouranswerontheline,followingthefirstoneasanexample.

1.DogsBasisofClassification:bodysize(heightandweight)

Distinctcategories:

large-sizedogs(above61cmand30kg);middle-sizedogs(between41-60cmand11-30kg),small-sizedogs(lessthan40cmand10kg)III.ApplyingKnowledgeTaskTwo2.TelevisioncommercialsBasisofClassification:Distinctcategories:3.ThecoursesofferedinyourdepartmentBasisofClassification:Distinctcategories:III.ApplyingKnowledgeTaskThreeThefollowingparagraph,takenfromJudithViorst’sessay“Friends,GoodFriends—andSuchGoodFriends,”demonstratesthewriter’sclassificationofdifferentkindsoffriends.1.Underlinethetopicsentenceintheparagraph.2.Doyouthinktheclassificationintheaboveparagraphiscomplete?Why?3.Inthisparagraph,thewriternotonlygivesusthebasisofclassification(levelsofintimacy)butshetermsthelevels.Whatarethetermsofthelevels?Doyouthinkthesetermsareappropriate?Whyorwhynot?III.ApplyingKnowledgeTaskThreeTherearemediumfriends,andprettygoodfriends,andverygoodfriendsindeed,andthesefriendshipsaredefinedbytheirlevelofintimacy.Andwhatwe’llrevealateachoftheselevelsofintimacyiscalibratedwithcare.Wemighttellamediumfriend,forexample,thatyesterdaywehadafightwithourhusband.Andwemighttellaprettygoodfriendthatthisfightwithourhusbandmadeussomadthatwesleptonthecouch.Andwemighttellaverygoodfriendthatthereasonwegotsomadinthatfightthatwesleptonthecouchhadsomethingtodowiththatgirlwhoworksinhisoffice.Butit’sonlytoourverybestfriendsthatwe’rewillingtotellall,totellwhat’sgoingonwiththatgirlinhisoffice.III.ApplyingKnowledgeIV.WritingThroughExperiencingandReadingIV.WritingThroughExperiencingandReadingWritingThroughExperiencingandReadingGuidedwritinginvolvesstudentsinwritingashortpassagebasedonTextA.Studentsarerequiredtofollowthestepsbelowtodevelopaclassificationparagraph.1.Whatisthebasisforyourclassification?2.Whatarethecategoriesforyourclassification?Giveeachcategoryaname.3.Writeyourtopicsentence.4.Writeatleastoneortwosentencesabouteachcategory.5.Writeaconcludingsentenceandsuggestausefulpurposefortheclassification.6.Organizeyourideasaboveintoastandardparagraphform.7.Doafinalcheckreadingforerrorsandomissions.Writingthroughexperiencingandreadingme