Name: ALILIN, RENA ROSE S. Yr.

& Sec: BEED 3A DAY Date: ____________________

Subject: Building and Enhancing New Literacies Across the Curriculum Time: 8:00-9:30 AM
Rating: ________ (40 points)

Instructor: Ryan M. Mahilum, MST-Science

TASK 6 (STRATEGIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERACY SKILLS AND TEACHING RESOURCES)

Directions: Please fill out the schematic diagram below. Write a word that you can associate with traditional
literacies. (10 points)

I.
II. Please use your own words to answer these questions. (30 points)

1. “Vocabulary is necessary for comprehension, but comprehension supports vocabulary as well.” How?

Personally, having an extensive vocabulary helps us cultivate other skills, particularly

comprehension. When we read a book, we should not only read it, but to understand every word in
order to fully understand the context. It implies that we must learn not only the word but also its
meaning. If we improperly process information or misinterpret the word or detail it can lead to
misinformed. For instance, you read a post from Facebook saying “The Department of BFP is
conducting a fire drill at CTU-Danao Campus. The school’s emergency alarms rang, prompting all
students and teachers to evacuate and be stationed in the evacuation area”. As you saw the picture of
the students rushing to the evacuation area you quickly spread the news by sharing it on your social
media account and even telling people that the students and teachers had evacuated because the
school was on fire. Your act of sharing the post on social media is giving people false information that
leads to chaos. In this example, we realize how important comprehension is and if we read an article,
we should read it between the lines to understand the context.

2. A teacher at your school ranks her pupils by the number of words they know. The pupil at the top every
week gets a small prize. What problems do you see with this idea?

The teacher’s objective in using this strategy could be to motivate his/her students to strive hard
in order to meet the standards that the teacher has established for his or her class. However, the
disadvantage of having this kind of concept may lead to fear, anxiety and disappointments for those
students who can’t keep up with the lesson. In this case, students may feel bad about themselves
because they are not competent enough to excel and they feel they no longer belong in the class. They
start to lose interest in the activities they used to enjoy and they may have difficulty of completing a
task. As a teacher, you should be aware of students differences. You should keep in mind that every
child has unique abilities and preferences, and you must influence them based on their knowledge.

3. What is the difference between the word recognition skill and memorizing “sight words”?

The word recognition skills is the ability to apprehend the context your reading and able to
recognize the words, its parts and the process of using it. This is where you acquire the knowledge of
using such words and able to comprehend complex word components. While memorizing is just simply
recalling what they have read. Unfortunately, memorizing frequently occurs without understanding.

4. Explain an activity for secondary school students that focuses on word recognition skills.

In secondary level, teachers broadened students vocabulary and strengthen their understanding
of words. Reading is one of the activities in this level since students are need to repeatedly exposed to
the same word in order to properly internalize the word. Apart from that, spelling is also best exercise
for word recognition because students able to recognize regular and irregular words.

5. A teacher asks her grade 7 students to explain the three parts of the word “unhappiness.” What skill are
they practicing – word knowledge, word recognition or word analysis? Explain your answer.

For me, they are practicing the skill of Word Recognition. Students are asked to explain the tree
parts of the word, which means they will explain the structural elements of word “unhappiness”. As
expected, students already know and understand the word “unhappiness” that they are able to
recognize and use the word in a context and give a word that associates with the word “unhappiness”. .

6. Explain the difference between onsets and rimes

Onset is the first phoneme unit of any word. For example, the P in Pan is the onset, while the
rimes is the next set of letters, usually a vowel and last consonant. For example, the AN in Pan is the
rimes. Teaching students about onset and rimes helps them recognize the sections of words. This
helps students decipher new words as they read and spell words when writing.