Aside from fun class that i enjoy in the 1at semester of the school year 2011- 2012.... i really learned and these are some lessons i learned..
Vocabulary Skills:
- contextual meaning - a definition in which the term is used by embedding it in a larger expression containing its explanation;
- structural analysis - is the process of breaking words down into their basic parts to determine word meaning. Structural analysis is a powerful vocabulary tool since knowledge of a few word parts can give you clues to the meanings of a large number of words. Although the meaning suggested by the word parts may not be exact, this process can often help you understand the word well enough that you can continue reading without significant interruption.
When using structural analysis, the reader breaks words down into their basic parts:
• prefixes – word parts located at the beginning of a word to change meaning,
• roots – the basic meaningful part of a word, and/or
• suffixes - word parts attached to the end of a word; suffixes often alter the part of speech of the word
- synonym- a word having the same or nearly the same meaning. for example : elated and joyful and glad
- antonym- a word having opposite meaning, for example: sad and happy or Yes and No.
- homonyms- a word the same as another in sound and spelling butdifferent in meaning, as chase “to pursue” and chase “toornament metal.” Homophones - a word pronounced the same as another butdiffering in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not,as heir and air. Homographs - a word of the same written form as another but of differentmeaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear as in “to carry; support” and bear as in “animal” or lead as in “to conduct” and lead as in a “metal.”
- collocations- word that tends to be together., such as " black and white" or "Mr. and Mrs."
- multiple meanings - word that have different meaning. for example BAT as in the nocturnal mammal, BAT as in tool for baseball game.
TAXONOMY OF COGNITIVE DOMAIN (BLOOM'S TAXONOMY)
- Knowledge-
- Comprehension-
- Application -
- Analysis -
- Synthesis -
- Evaluation -
BEYER'S MODEL
- Level III - Micro thinking Skills - recall, translation, interpretation, extrapolation, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, Evaluation.
- Level II - Critical Thinking Operation - Distinguishing facts from value claims, Distinguishing relevant from irrelevant information, Determining factual accuracy of a statement.Determining credibility of a source of information, Identifying ambiguous claims or arguments, Identifying unstated assumption, Identifying logical fallacies, detecting bias , Recognize logical inconsistencies in line of reason, Determining the strength of an argument.
- Level I - Thinking Strategies - a. conceptualizing, b.decision making c. problem- solving
TWO BASIC TEXT
- Expository - it is based on facts. it is not a product of imagination usually i t is scientific based. it is for Academic Reading.\
- Narratives - it has beginning, middle and end. there is characters, plot and setting.
GRAPHS
Graphs are pictures that help us understand amounts. These amounts are called data. There are many kinds of graphs, each having special parts.
A circle graph is shaped like a circle. It is divided into fractions that look like pieces of pie, so sometimes a circle graph is called a pie graph. Many times the fractional parts are different colors and a key explains the colors.
A bar graph uses bars to show data. The bars can be vertical (up and down), or horizontal (across).
A picture graph uses pictures or symbols to show data. One picture often stands for more than one vote so a key is necessary to understand the symbols.
A histogram is a special kind of bar graph. The data must be shown as numbers in order.
A line graph shows points plotted on a graph. The points are then connected to form a line.