Module 1: Text as Connected Discourse Flashcards
Relays or communicates information and may often be non-interactive, meaning the reader of the text is an observer.
Text
To study this, you study the written words that communicate some information: structure, theme, meaning, rhetorical devices, etc.
Text
A social event of multi-layered communication in avariety of media (verbal, textual, visual, audial) that has an interactive social purpose.
Discourse
To study this, you study who is communicating with whom through what medium and for what social purpose.
Discourse
An interactive process that involves the reader and the text in a certain context or situation. Its main purpose is comprehension.
Reading
After being read, printed text signals the processing in the brain, thereby comprehension happens.
Bottom-Up Theory
The schema initiates the reading process when the brain recognizes the symbols on the printed text resulting to comprehension
Top-Down Theory
Reading process maybe initiated by either the text or the reader.
Interactive Theory
Way of Reading:
- To search for a website given the website’s title and sponsor
- To locate for a particular information within a website using search tools
Locating
Way of Reading:
- To evaluate the relevancy of multiple hyperlinks on a web page.
- To evaluate the accuracy of the information found on web page
- To evaluate the potential bias of inforation created on a website
Evaluating
Way of Reading:
To synthesize information from multiple sites and provide evidences why a certain website is best suited for the purpose
Synthesizing
Way of Reading:
- To communicate facts
- To communicate an accurate hyperlink address
Communicating
- Involves a series of complex thought process which allows you to make reasoned judgments, assess the way you think, and solve problems effectively.
- You can employ critical thinking when you actively listen to class discussion and formulate questions, write reports and explained ideas, make projects and analyze the processes involve.
Critical Thinker
- Accepts the things he/she is told without examining them.
- Construct thoughts based on emotions.
- Moreover, _____ thinking leads people to jump to conclusions without proof or evidence
Non-Critical Thinker
Levels of Thinking:
Knowledge, Comoprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation
Benjamin Bloom - Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain.
Levels of Thinking:
Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating.
Lorin Anderson - Revision of the Original Taxonomy
True or False:
Lower-order thinking skills are used to understand the basic story line or literal meaning of a story, play, or poem.
This includes WH Questions, teaching relevant lexical items, and relating to grammatical structures when relevant.
True
True or False:
Higher-order thinking skills are used to:
- Interpret a text on a more abstract level.
- Manipulate information and ideas in ways that transform their meaning and implications.
True
LOTS vs HOTS:
- Answers given in the reading
- Students state or recite answers
LOTS
LOTS vs HOTS:
- Answers not provided
- Students use information from the reading to figure out the answer.
HOTS
Reading Processes:
To induce the reader’s motivation to read and activate their schema
Pre-reading
Reading Processes:
A reading skill wherein a reader looks over a material and focuses on the information he/she finds relevant, clarifying the purposes, and inspecting the table of contents.
Previewing
Reading Processes:
Getting the general idea of the text by reading through it quickly. Usually done when reading newspapers, magazines, books, and letters.
Skimming
Reading Processes:
A quick reading strategy which aims to get specific information from a text. Useful in locating the name of a board passer, searching for a specific telephone number, and checking specific info in a graph.
Scanning
Reading Processes:
The reader will make predicitions about what the text will be about using key terms.
Make Predictions
Reading Processes:
You may re-read the text until you fully understand its meaning.
While Reading
Reading Processes:
These are words, phrases, and sentences that can help you recognize the meaning of an unfamiliar word surrounding it.
Context Clues
There are 5 types of Context Clues:
Synonyms, Antonyms, Examples, Explanations, Situations
The positive, negative, or neutral feelings, ideas, associated with a word.
Ex.: Home
________ - a place of warmth and comfort
Connotation
The basic, precise, literal meaning of a word.
Ex.: House
________ - a place where people live
Denotation
“reading between the lines,” deducing facts and ideas not directly expressed in the text, and making generalizations and conclusions.
Inferencing
Gives the reader a chance to explain the text withing their own thought process.
Think Alouds
While reading, readers can take notes on information they believe is important.
Taking Notes
To check your understanding of the tect.
Post-Reading
This involves condensing a lengthy text into a shorter passage while retaining the same essential information.
Summarizing
Involves restating ideas from the original text. Cites and preserves the tone of the text.
Paraphrasing
It is a series of visual tools use to organize knowledge and ideas. May be used to represent relationship between ideas.
Making a Graphic Organizer
