ENG Q1 Lesson 2: Techniques in Selecting and Organizing Information

Reading

It is a complex cognitive process that involves unified skillsets used in unmasking the meaning of a text.

It involves many skills, such as sensation, perception, phonemic awareness, word recognition, and comprehension.

It also means interacting with the text, interpreting its meaning, and more importantly, understanding the meaning in context.

Bottom-Up Model

Top Down Model

Interactive Model

3 Reading Model

Bottom-Up Model

Text-based

Part to whole

Top Down Model

Reader-based/ knowledge-based

Whole to part

Activates the reader's schema

Interactive Model

Combination of Bottom Up and Top Down Model

Focuses on the text, expands schema

Brainstorming

Graphic Organizers

Outline

Techniques to Better Manage and Remember Information from the Text

Brainstorming

Coined by Alex Faickney Orsborn in his book "Your Creative Power" (1948)

The creative generation of ideas related to a particular topic or issue, which may be done individually or by groups.

It helps to establish patterns of ideas, develop new ways of thinking, activate background knowledge, and overcome mental block.

Free Writing

Alphabet Listing

Two Forms of Brainstorming

Graphic Organizers

Visual representations of concepts that help us structure information into organizational patterns

Present essential information and connect these pieces of information into a coherent framework

Expository Organizers

Comparative Organizers

Types of Graphic Organizers

Expository Organizers

Presents concepts and principles to create a bridge between what is already known and what new material is to be learned.

Concept Map

Basic Flow Chart

Comparative Organizer

Integrates the new material with a similar material already understood by the learner and focuses on how the new and known materials differ.

Venn Diagram

Outline

An organized tool that helps to organize and clarify your thoughts

Decimal Outline

Alphanumeric Outline

Topic Outline

Sentence Outline

Types of Outline

Parallelism

Coordination

Subordination

Division

Principles and Concepts on Outlining

Parallelism

Observance of recurring patterns in order presenting sentence elements, such as nouns, verbs, and phrases in parallel terms.

Coordination

Placing items of equal significance in the same category.

Alphanumeric System

Decimal System

Subordination

Indicating levels of significance through the most important and least important details.

Division

Segregating the outline into parts or units.