5:2 friendlily text

Where and When: I found this word also from Dreher and Singer's article, "Friendly Texts and Text-Friendly Teachers" (2001).

"We define a friendlily text as one of that has features that facilitate learning from it" (Dreher and Singer, 2001, p. 1).

Definition: The word is define right in the sentence. It's a text "that has features that facilitate learning from it." The article also goes on to explain the eight features that make a text friendly.

1. Text organization:how the author arranges the information in a text
2. Signaling: when the structure and organization of the text is highlighted by titles, subtitles, headings, etc.
3. Discourse Consistency: a uniform style of presenting information
4. Cohesion:any grammatical element that relates one sentence or paragraph to another
5. Explication: degree at which an author states information as opposed to requiring the reader to infer
6. Conceptual density: rate at which new ideas and vocab are introduced
7. Metadiscourse: when writers talk directly to the readers to inform them about the text
8. Instructional devices: highlight a books organization, purpose, and content

In context: Based on the text's organization and ways it properly introduced words, the teacher determined it was a friendly text.

Level of Familiarity: I have heard this term before. This word has been a popular term to use throughout my education classes. It is always mentioned when asked to choose a grade level text when designing lesson plans.

Reflective Commentary: I picked this word because it is an important term to know. While we all know what it means, I wanted to look further into its meaning. The entire article was dedicated to this term so I figured that there was more to the word than what I already knew. I generally knew that the word had to deal with organization of a text as well its style and vocabulary, but I was unaware of the other parts to a friendly text. As a teacher, it is important to know what a friendly text is, all of its eight components, as well as what some friendly texts are.