Reading And Writing: Grade 11

• Why do we read?

  (DACPB)

  To develop a broad background

  To anticipate and predict

  To create motivation

  To Build a good vocabulary

  For pleasure and enjoyment
• Benefits of Reading

  (ESIA)

  Exposes the readers to accurate spelling and correct forms of writing

  Show readers how to write complex sentences

  Invites reders to be more experimentl in writing

  Allow readers to hear the thoughts of others
• Good readers make _________

  Good writers
• What is writing?

  (MS)

  method of representing languange in visual and tactile form

  System of graphic symbols that can be used to convey meaning
• Why do we write?

  We write to SEEID PEE

  
  

  Solve problems

  Express

  Entertin

  Inform

  Describe

  
  

  Persuade

  Explain

  Explore
• Benefits of writing

  (WIW)

  Writing helps you clear your mind

  It's a great mental exercise

  Writing will help you recover memories
• A quote by Pam Allyn

  Reading is like breathihng in, Writing is like breathing out
• Reading

  =

  Text's

  info + reader's schemat context

  context = situation

  reading is based on the experiencing, learning, thinking

  2 COMPOnents of reading-recognizing and analyzing

  Class-when you put your topic in a broad category to explain

  your term

  ex:

  Pineapple

  is a tropical

  Fruit

  that has an

  acidic and

  sweet taste

  Negation-what saying something that is it not and then

  says what is it.

  ex:

  snow cone is not an ice cream cone,but rather a shredded ice syrup treat.
• Developmental reading skills aim to improve our ability to read effectively
• Pleasure reading is for enjoyment and relaxation
• Functional reading involves identifying the purpose of a particular reading material
• Remedial reading is used to learn or correct reading difficulties
• Patterns of development in writing across disciplines:

  1. Narration:

  • The act of telling a story in chronological order with a plot
  • Utilizes the "why's" (why, what, where, when, who)

  2. Description:

  • Uses adverbs, adjectives, and appeals to the five senses
  • Types of description:

  1. Objective:

  • Presents an actual picture of an object without biases or personal impressions
  • Literally defines a word

  1. Subjective:

  • Provides personal impressions
  • Definition:
  • A concise but exact meaning used to explain technical words and concepts
  • Two methods:
  • Formal: Species (word), Genus (class category), Differentiae (what makes the word different from another)
  • Informal: Connotation (based on how the writer understands a word) or the secondary meaning, Denotation (dictionary meaning)
• definition has 3 ways:
• synonyms,class,and negation is the 3 diff ways in defintion
• synonyms is the term that means the same thing
• exemplification-most common and effective pattern to explain an idea
• classification is when a writer needs to sort out or arrange subject to groups
• general statement-the topic sentence with 1 or more examples to support
• thesis statement-overall idea
• topic sentence-topic that is presented in paragraph
• comparison-used to compare similarities
• contrast-used to compare differences
• block method-compare and contrast 2 subjects one at a time
• point by point-uses one subject at time
• cause-effect-chain diagram: a diagram that shows the relationship between the cause and the effect of a particular event
• problem-solution has a 3 ways to prevent
• 3 ways to prevent problem solution;effects only,causes and effects,and extended example
• ways to present solutions-PAAA
• P-preventive measures,A-a series of steps,A-advice,A-a choice of solutions
• Persuation-encouraging,letting others believe in you
• Properties of a well-written text is essential to ensure the quality of your work,to convey a message
• organization-arrangement of ideas,details,incident,evidence,and order
• beginning,middle,end, are the part of organization
• coherence-ideas are conncted or unity idea
• cohesion-logically,clearly,smoothly linked to one another
• without cohesion the reader may not be able to comprehend
• cohesion is the connection of ideas
• cohesion(micro) would be achieve without coherence but coherence cannot be achieve without coherence(macro)
• coherence is the conceptual level