thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations.

5. Reading to transfer information

Writers structure, or organize, their writing in many different ways. Recognizing the way in which a text has been organized will help you understand its meaning more fully.

　　Now let's go over the text once again. While going over it look for information to complete the chart below.

Marty's story Why are there not many people in the world like me? Because: I have a muscle disease that sometimes makes me very weak and I can't run or climb stairs as quickly as other people.

I am clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. What is my motto? Live one day at a time. When did I get weak? Up until I was about 10 years old, I was the same as everyone else in my class.

Then I started to get weaker and weaker. What was the worst thing about my life? One of the worst things about my disease is that I don't look any different from other people. Do I have a good life? All in all, I have a good life.