Module 1: Text as Connected Discourse

Question 1

Relays or communicates information and may often be non-interactive, meaning the reader of the text is an observer.

Answer 1

Text

Question 2

To study this, you study the written words that communicate some information: structure, theme, meaning, rhetorical devices, etc.

Answer 2

Text

Question 3

A social event of multi-layered communication in avariety of media (verbal, textual, visual, audial) that has an interactive social purpose.

Answer 3

Discourse

Question 4

To study this, you study who is communicating with whom through what medium and for what social purpose.

Answer 4

Discourse

Question 5

An interactive process that involves the reader and the text in a certain context or situation. Its main purpose is comprehension.

Answer 5

Reading

Question 6

After being read, printed text signals the processing in the brain, thereby comprehension happens.

Answer 6

Bottom-Up Theory

Question 7

The schema initiates the reading process when the brain recognizes the symbols on the printed text resulting to comprehension

Answer 7

Top-Down Theory

Question 8

Reading process maybe initiated by either the text or the reader.

Answer 8

Interactive Theory

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Locating

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Evaluating

Question 11

Way of Reading:
To synthesize information from multiple sites and provide evidences why a certain website is best suited for the purpose

Answer 11

Synthesizing

Question 12

Way of Reading:
- To communicate facts
- To communicate an accurate hyperlink address

Answer 12

Communicating

Question 13

• 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.

Answer 13

Critical Thinker

Question 14

• 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

Answer 14

Non-Critical Thinker

Question 15

Levels of Thinking:
Knowledge, Comoprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation

Answer 15

Benjamin Bloom - Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain.

Question 16

Levels of Thinking:
Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating.

Answer 16

Lorin Anderson - Revision of the Original Taxonomy

Question 17

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.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

LOTS vs HOTS:
- Answers given in the reading
- Students state or recite answers

Answer 19

LOTS

Question 20

LOTS vs HOTS:
- Answers not provided
- Students use information from the reading to figure out the answer.

Answer 20

HOTS

Question 21

Reading Processes:
To induce the reader’s motivation to read and activate their schema

Answer 21

Pre-reading

Question 22

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.

Answer 22

Previewing

Question 23

Reading Processes:
Getting the general idea of the text by reading through it quickly. Usually done when reading newspapers, magazines, books, and letters.

Answer 23

Skimming

Question 24

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.

Answer 24

Scanning

Question 25

Reading Processes:
The reader will make predicitions about what the text will be about using key terms.

Answer 25

Make Predictions

Question 26

Reading Processes:
You may re-read the text until you fully understand its meaning.

Answer 26

While Reading

Question 27

Reading Processes:
These are words, phrases, and sentences that can help you recognize the meaning of an unfamiliar word surrounding it.

Answer 27

Context Clues

Question 28

There are 5 types of Context Clues:

Answer 28

Synonyms, Antonyms, Examples, Explanations, Situations

Question 29

The positive, negative, or neutral feelings, ideas, associated with a word.

Ex.: Home
________ - a place of warmth and comfort

Answer 29

Connotation

Question 30

The basic, precise, literal meaning of a word.

Ex.: House
________ - a place where people live

Answer 30

Denotation

Question 31

“reading between the lines,” deducing facts and ideas not directly expressed in the text, and making generalizations and conclusions.

Answer 31

Inferencing

Question 32

Gives the reader a chance to explain the text withing their own thought process.

Answer 32

Think Alouds

Question 33

While reading, readers can take notes on information they believe is important.

Answer 33

Taking Notes

Question 34

To check your understanding of the tect.

Answer 34

Post-Reading

Question 35

This involves condensing a lengthy text into a shorter passage while retaining the same essential information.

Answer 35

Summarizing

Question 36

Involves restating ideas from the original text. Cites and preserves the tone of the text.

Answer 36

Paraphrasing

Question 37

It is a series of visual tools use to organize knowledge and ideas. May be used to represent relationship between ideas.

Answer 37

Making a Graphic Organizer