Introduction
Exploring the characteristics of coherence
WELCOME STUDENTS
This Webquest introduces the characteristics of coherence
Do you know what coherence is?
You will find the answers to these and some other questions on websites provided in the Webquest.
Your final task is to create an individual PowerPoint presentation on coherence.
Task
You have two tasks during this Webquest.
TASK . to create a presentation on coherence.
Process
Coherence is achieved when sentences and ideas are connected and flow together smoothly.
An essay without coherence can inhibit a reader’s ability to understand the ideas and main points of the essay.
Coherence allows the reader to move easily throughout the essay from one idea to the next, from one sentence to the next, and from one paragraph to the next.
Task. Answer the questions in your PPT
Coherence
- What is coherence?
- How does coherence work in narrative paragraphs?
- How does coherence work in descriptive paragraphs?
Task 2: Create a presentation (PPT slides).
Create a PowerPoint presentation describing the characteristics of coherence in narrative paragraphs and descriptive paragraphs.
Presentations should be between 5-10 slides and have no more than 20 words per slide.
Please note that two or three students will be picked to present. Do NOT send me your ppt. Keep it in a safe place until the end of the course.
Evaluation
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Exemplary |
Accomplished |
Developing |
Beginning |
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Organization |
Information presented in logical, interesting sequence |
Information in logical sequence |
Difficult to follow presentation--student jumps around |
Cannot understand presentation--no sequence of information |
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Subject Knowledge |
Demonstrates full knowledge by answering all class questions with explanations and elaborations |
At ease with expected answers to questions but does not elaborate |
Uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions |
Does not have a grasp of the information. Cannot answer questions about subject |
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Graphics |
Explain and reinforce screen text and presentation |
Relate to text and presentation |
Occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation |
Uses superfluous graphics or no graphics |
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Research |
Uses a variety of sources in reaching accurate conclusions |
Uses a variety of sources in reaching conclusions |
Presents only evidence that supports a preconceived point of view |
Does not justify conclusions with research evidence |
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Screen Design |
Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation that exhibits a sense of wholeness. Creative use of navigational tools and buttons |
Includes a variety of graphics, text, and animation. Adequate navigational tools and buttons |
Includes combinations of graphics and text, but buttons are difficult to navigate. Some buttons and navigational tools work |
Either confusing or cluttered, barren or stark. Buttons or navigational tools are absent or confusing |
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Oral Presentation Elocution/Eye Contact |
Maintains eye contact and pronounces all terms precisely. All audience members can hear |
Maintains eye contact most of the time and pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation |
Occasionally uses eye contact, mostly reading presentation, and incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing |
Reads with no eye contact and incorrectly pronounces terms. Speaks too quietly |
Conclusion
Congratulations you have reached the end of this Webquest!
By the end of the lessons students will:
- know what coherence is and how it functions
- how coherence should function in the narrative and descriptive paragraph
