READING AND WRITING WEEK 1 & 2

• Reading refers to the cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text
• Reading is an activity that challenges beliefs, inspires imagination, and expands understanding of the world
• Reading involves a complex interaction between the text and the reader, shaped by prior knowledge, experiences, and attitudes
• Reading is an indispensable skill that requires continuous practice, development, and refinement
• Writing is the activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text
• The writing process includes pre-writing, writing, and revising
• Understanding the writing process can help improve writing skills and make writing more manageable
• The writing process is not linear but circular and repetitive, changing according to preferences and assignments
• Text is defined as "A stretch of language" perceived as a purposeful connected whole
• Text may be spoken or written, produced by one person or more, and created by text-internal cohesion and text-external coherence
• Discourse is any stretch of language larger than a sentence, spoken or written, with a logically consistent and unified structure
• Discourse follows different flows and uses patterns of paragraph development
• Organizing and selecting information from a text enhances comprehension and the ability to extract key details
• Effective organization of information helps develop a coherent understanding of the text's structure, main ideas, and supporting details
• Techniques for selecting and organizing information include brainstorming lists, drawing graphic organizers, and writing a topic or sentence outline
• Brainstorming is a creative process to generate ideas without judgment
• Graphic organizers visually represent relationships and structures, aiding in comprehension and retention of key concepts
• Outlining involves listing ideas, sorting them into major and minor ones, and creating an outline as a skeletal framework for composition
• Different types of outlines include topic outline, sentence outline, and paragraph outline
• Outlines help writers present ideas in an orderly fashion and clarify their thoughts before composing a document
• Reading outlines help readers navigate through a document, while writing outlines help writers organize their thoughts before composing a written work
• Reading refers to the cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text
• Reading is an activity that challenges beliefs, inspires imagination, and expands understanding of the world
• Reading involves a complex interaction between the text and the reader, shaped by prior knowledge, experiences, and attitudes
• Reading is an indispensable skill that requires continuous practice, development, and refinement
• Writing is the activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text
• The writing process includes pre-writing, writing, and revising
• Understanding the writing process can help improve writing skills and make writing more manageable
• The writing process is not linear but circular and repetitive, changing according to preferences and assignments
• Brainstorming is a creative process to generate ideas without judgment
• Graphic organizers visually represent relationships and structures, aiding in comprehension and retention of key concepts
• Outlining involves listing ideas, sorting them into major and minor ones, and creating an outline as a skeletal framework for composition
• Different types of graphic organizers include pie/circle/sector graph, column/bar graph, line graph, surface graph, map chart, pictograph, drawing/illustration, organizational chart, table, Venn diagram, flow chart, and tree chart/tree diagram
• Reading outlines help readers grasp main ideas and key points, while writing outlines help writers organize and structure their thoughts before composing a document