Chapter four: Assessment Task This chapter has discussed several ways you could use to learn new words. Explain any five ways you could learn new vocabulary in your science courses. Give an example in each case. (20 Marks) Additional Enrichment Resources The following resources are highly recommended and will offer enrichment to your studies: Name reference Books for Change, Disaster Preparedness & Related Publications Adler, C.R. (Ed). (2001). Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, National . Institute for Literacy, pp. 49-54, Edwards, A.W.F. (2004). Cogwheels of the Mind: the story of Venn diagrams, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Ogle, D.M. (1986). K-W-L: A teaching model that develops active reading of expository text. Reading Teacher, 39, pp. 564-570 Glossary Word definition Intensive reading is used on shorter texts in order to extract specific Intensive reading information. It includes very close accurate reading for detail Extensive reading is used to obtain a general understanding of a subject Extensive reading and includes reading longer texts for pleasure, as well as business books. Word element attached before a word root Prefix Main part of a word which cannot be further segmented Word root Any disturbance as we read a passage Barrier Survey, question, read, recite, recall SQ3R Word relationships which uses of synonyms, antonyms and homonyms Graphic organizers which readers use when learning vocabulary in the course of reading any resource. Word which can be heard like another word Homonym Words with similar meaning Synonym Words with opposite meaning Antonym Reading focusing on general information Skimming Reading for specific information Scanning
Chapter four: Assessment Task This chapter has discussed several ways you could use to learn new words. Explain any five ways you could learn new vocabulary in your science courses. Give an example in each case. (20 Marks) Additional Enrichment Resources The following resources are highly recommended and will offer enrichment to your studies: Name reference Books for Change, Disaster Preparedness & Related Publications Adler, C.R. (Ed). (2001). Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, National Institute for Literacy, pp. 49-54, . Edwards, A.W.F. (2004). Cogwheels of the Mind: the story of Venn diagrams, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Ogle, D.M. (1986). K-W-L: A teaching model that develops active reading of expository text. Reading Teacher, 39, pp. 564-570 Glossary Word definition Intensive reading Intensive reading is used on shorter texts in order to extract specific information. It includes very close accurate reading for detail Extensive reading Extensive reading is used to obtain a general understanding of a subject and includes reading longer texts for pleasure, as well as business books. Prefix Word element attached before a word root Word root Main part of a word which cannot be further segmented Barrier Any disturbance as we read a passage SQ3R Survey, question, read, recite, recall Graphic organizers Word relationships which uses of synonyms, antonyms and homonyms which readers use when learning vocabulary in the course of reading any resource. Homonym Word which can be heard like another word Synonym Words with similar meaning Antonym Words with opposite meaning Skimming Reading focusing on general information Scanning Reading for specific information