Techniques in

Selecting and
Organizing Information
Reading and Writing
ppt2
 Task to do

Think of your activities in a single day. Then

enter each activity in the appropriate
quadrants on the graph. Answer the questions
after and share your realizations to your
seatmate.
Quadrant 1: Urgent & Important Quadrant 3: Not Urgent & Important

Quadrant 2: Urgent & Not Important Quadrant 4: Not urgent not important
 Questions

In which quadrant was the majority of

your time spent during the past 24
hours?
If you were to manage your time in a
way that would allow you to achieve
your goals, in which quadrants would
you spend the majority of your time?
Why?
 Techniques in Selecting and Organizing
Information
Brainstorming List
 Brainstorming list means just what its name
suggest- a list of what you have brainstormed.
Brainstorming means to think quickly and
creatively about the text you have read. Good
brainstorming starts at an individual level and
generally begins with a question or two. “ What
are your ideas?” or “ What did you think about
it?” are examples of brainstorming questions.
Other open-ended questions can be used like
comma “who, what, where, when, why.”
 Clustering
Listing
Brainstorming
Freewriting
Listing
Why I want to Become a Nurse

Like science Challenging job

Like problem solving Opportunities for promotion

Many jobs available in nursing Interested in study of diseases

Good salary Interested in study of human body

Like working in a hospital Flexible hours

Want to help other people Will always learn something new

Graphic Organizer
 Graphic organizers show the relationship
between and among facts, concepts or ideas.
They help you increase recall, arrange
information, interpret and understand learning.
Examples of these are concept map, story map,
series-of-events chain, flow chart, T-chart, Venn
Diagram and discussion web.
Graphic Organizer:
Concept Map

Show relationships associated with

the concept you are studying.
 Hard disk

Is a kind of
has
microprocessor
Permanent
has
Computer storage

Temporary
has storage

Is a kind of

memory
Graphic Organizer:
Story Map
 May summarize the beginning, middle, end of the
story. It may also focus on the setting, character,
plot, problem, events and outcome.
 The String

Characters:
Master Hauchecorne
Master Houlbreque
Setting:
Mayor Goderville
Marius Paumelle
Graphic Organizer:
Series-of-events chain

Show the arrangement of events in

chronological order. It may also
help you in discussing cause and
effect of something.
 The Necklace

The husband showed Madame Loisel the

invitation of the Minister of Public Education

Madame Loisel borrowed a necklace of

diamonds.

She made a great success at the ball.

She realized, at the end of the party, she

lost the necklace.

The couple borrowed a lot of money and

replaced the necklace.

They worked hard to be able to pay their

debt.

Madame Loisel learned from Madame

Forester that the necklace she borrowed was
paste,
Graphic Organizer:
Flow Chart

 displays the steps or stages in a

process.
 Taking a
Topic: Writing
specific aspect
a Composition
of the topic

Deciding on the
introduction of
the topic

Developing Giving the

the topic conclusion
Graphic Organizer:
T-Chart and Venn Diagram

Show similarities and

differences between two
things, people, events and
ideas.
 T-Chart of Moped and Motorcycle

Similarities Differences
Both moped and The moped is not
motorcycle can lurch as weighty as the
away from bumper- motorcycle. The
to-bumper traffic
moped does not
and a throng of
people. Both moped have the power of
and motorcycle are motorcycle.
inexpensive and easy
to maintain
Venn Diagram of Whales and Fish

Whales Live in Fish

Have hair Lay eggs
Live birth
water Have scales
Breath air Have fins Breath water
Can swim
Graphic Organizer:
Discussion Web

Allows you to give the meaning

of what you read. It also
privileges you to polish your
own interpretation against
another.
REASONS REASONS
Question
Such equipment Should doctors withdraw Relatives allow it
would only prolong
the patient’s Yes
life-supporting No only to get rid of
equipment from patients financial burden.
suffering. who have no hope to
return to a meaningful
Such equipment is Doctors should
life?
constant source of save lives at all
anguish for the costs.
patient’s family.
CONCLUSIONS
Moral questions prevent Doctors have no
Such equipment
causes financial
doctors from making right to put an
serious decisions that go end to anyone’s
burden.
against the interest of
life.
the patients or of the
families
 Topic Outline
A topic outline arranges your ideas
hierarchically (showing which are main and
which are sub-points), in the sequence you
want, and shows what you will talk about.
As the name implies, it identifies all the
little mini topics that your paper will
comprise, and shows how they relate.
Remember that a topic outline lists words
or phrases.
Thesis: Because our family has a variety of hobbies and interests, we get a lot
of junk mail that we treat like junk.
I. Definition of junk mail
a. Bulk rate postage
b. Advertising
II. Hobbies and interests of the family
a. woodworking
b. investing
c. gardening and camping
III. Lists sold by companies
a. farm, fleet, work clothes catalogues
b. financial brochures
c. camping, clothing,and gardening catalogues
IV. Junk mail as junk
a. clutter
b. garbage
 Prepared by:

MARY JOYCE N. RAMOS

Instructor