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3 kinds of people:
1. Literate
- Able to read and write
2. Illiterate
- Unable to read write
3. Alliterate
- Able to read and write, but unable to comprehend or derive new information from literary
sources.
Important ideas:
- Schema
- Assimilation
- Accommodation
- Active learner
Schema
- Past experiences or thoughts
- Mental framework
Assimilation
- Adding new information to what we already know or understand.
3 striking things:
- Omission of details (O)
- Familiarization of things strange (F)
- Rationalization of the illogical (R)
Cognitive development
- A theory made by a Swiss psychologist named Jean William Fritz Piaget.
3 reading processes:
1. Pre-reading
- Preview, planning, set a purpose
2. Active reading
- Read with a purpose, connect with the author
3. Post reading
- Process, remember, reflect, and reread
2 kinds of reasoning:
- Inductive
- Deductive
Chronology/ Procedure
- Tells the reader what term or concept is being defined.
- May be formal or informal in giving definition.
Classification-division
- Classify/ sorting or arranging things.
- Categorize or create divisions according to common or shared characteristics.
Description
- Gives information about what a person, an object, a place, or a situation is like.
- Appeals to the reader’s senses.
- Should have concrete and specific details.
Exemplification
- Presents the general statement and then provides specific and concrete examples to
expound on the main idea.
- Spider map graphic organizer is useful for this pattern.
Narration
- Tells either a story or a part of a story and describes what happens in a series of events.
- Commonly follow chronological order; however, they may start in the middle of a
sequence and use flashbacks to take the story back to an earlier time.
Problem-solution
- Organize ideas into problems and offer solutions.
- Problems answer the “wh-” questions.
- Solutions present the major effects of the problem.
Persuasion
- Shows a set of evidence that leads to a logical conclusion or argument.
- Presents the issue, position, or supporting evidence.
4 reading process:
1. Schema Theory
2. Content schema
3. Formal schema
4. Linguistic schema
Metacognitive
SQ3R:
1. Survey
2. Question
3. Read
4. Recite
5. Review