The 2nd semester taught me a lot of lessons on Reading and
Writing Skills. First, we start the lessons on Text and Discourse and how this two related to each other. Second, I’ve learned about Narration, Two Ways of Narration( Clipprd and Paced), Logical Actions and Terminology( Abstract, Concrete, Specific and General Terms. I also learned about the Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Informations like brainstorming, methods of brainstorming(Idea List, Idea Map, Cubing and Researching), graphic organizers and the types of graphic organizers ( Venn Diagram, Network Tree, Spider Map, Problem- Solution Map, Timeline, Plot Diagram, Series of Events Chain, Fishbone Map Cycle and Persuasion Map). I also learned about Outline, Two Outline Formats (Alphanumeric and Decimal Outline), Principles of Outlining (Coordination, Subordination, Division and Parallel Construction) and Kinds of Outline According to Structure (Topic and Sentence Outline). Lastly, I learned about the Properties of Well-Written Text. The start and end of second semester on Reading and Writing is fun and amazing. I look forward for the next lessons I will learn this last grading of second semester.