The document discusses the importance of unity, coherence, and cohesion in writing, highlighting how effective text flow is achieved through focused ideas and transitional devices. It includes a group activity for Grade 11 students to practice writing coherent and cohesive sentences based on stress from academic requirements. Additionally, an exercise is provided to reorganize a paragraph about a house in Melaka, emphasizing the clarity of connections between ideas.

1. UNITY,
COHERENCE
AND COHESION

2. 1. It is a property of well-written text that
talks about the flow of sentences and
paragraph.
2. It deals with the usage of transitional
devices and the cohesive devices.
3. It is achieved when a composition
contains one focused idea.

3. unit
y

4. COHERENC
E

5. COHESIO
N

6. GROUP ACTIVITY: Complete the sentence by filling up relevant sentences or
phrases to achieve coherence and cohesion.
The grade 11 students are being stressed because
of___________________________. There are different requirements such
as_________________________, _______________________ and
__________________________________. Some students do not have enough time to do
their activities. As a result, __________________________________________________. They
even sleep late at night which is why during discussion, they
_________________________________. Moreover, when students are being stressed,
they ____________________________________. However, they manage to pass their
requirements on time despite ____________________. Also, even if there are lots of
activities, ______________________. Therefore, the students must
____________________________. To achieve this, _______________________________.

7. Applying coherence and cohesion, compose a
sentence in the following cohesive devices
basing on the things that you can observe in
your surroundings.
1. Because (of)
2. As a result
3. They, them
4. However
5. Therefore

8. Read the paragraph and rewrite the paragraph by organizing the flow of
ideas. Make sure that the links are made clear between each point.
I live in a house in Melaka. It isn’t old or modern. The house is
normal Malaysian house. My house is smaller than my neighbor. We can
say it is near the sea. It takes about 10 minutes to go to the seaside on
foot. We have one bedroom, one living room. We also have two other
rooms, too. We use them as a dining room. Naturally, we have a kitchen, a
bathroom, and a toilet. I live with my parents. Our house has a little
garden; my parents spend their time there to grow vegetables and fruit.