Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming Vocabulary on Feelings: Affective Domain Factors that Influence the Acquisition of Reading Ability Required Reading Skills Essentials of Reading Comprehension ELMER P. GUEVARRA EVANGELINE CALINGASAN NATHALIE DELA CRUZ EUVILLE SILVERIO KATRINA NATIVIDAD BSE-English 3A

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming Four Friends Once there were four good friends. Their names were Antonyms. They didn’t look the same.They were different in many ways.

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming One was big, one was small, One was short, the other was tall. One was fast, the other was slow, One could fly high; one could fly low.

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming One lived up on a tree; one lived on the ground. One stayed near the sea, the other flew around. One liked hot food, the other liked it could. One liked silver, the other like gold.

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming One was always clean, the rest were dirty, One was always busy, the rest were lazy, One liked cold water and was very happy The rest disliked baths and were very lonely.

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming Now, do you understand Antonyms? They are words with opposite meanings.

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming Can you identify the words and phrases which have opposite meanings? Reread the poem and underline them. Examples: big-small, fast-slow

Sample Activities on Antonyms and Rhyming Look for pairs of rhyming words and write them down. Examples: small-tall, ground and around

Vocabulary on Feelings: Affective Domain Prepare a word map for each word. Write situations when these feeling occur. Look examples. afraid or nervous typhoons snake earthquakes kidnappers dark places hold uppers

Vocabulary on Feelings: Affective Domain Share your word maps with your classmates. Find out if the situations are similar.

Read and Do Form groups of five and discuss how and when you feel those words found in the box. Then fill in the space in the chart under Familiar and New Activities. Fill also the blanks in the sentence below. Familiar ActivitiesNew Activities

Read and Do When I ____________, I feel ________________ (Familiar Activity) When I ____________, I feel ________________ (New Activity)

Factors that Influence the Acquisition of Reading Ability

Required Reading Skills By implication, of the definitions and concepts of reading, the basic skills that the reading process requires are as follows: 1. Skills related to eye movement 2. Abilities related to visual discrimination 3. Association skills 4. Interpretation abilities

Required Reading Skills Eye movement relates to the ability to move the eyes in a conventional manner.

Required Reading Skills Visual discrimination is the ability to perceive or recognize the characteristic differences and similarities among letters of the alphabet (including capital letters and small letters), among words or phrases and their variations.

Required Reading Skills Association is the mental link between visual marks such as letters and written words, and the speech sounds they represent as well as the meanings which speech sounds sequences signify.

Required Reading Skills Interpretation is the ability to construe, process, deduce meaning from word clusters, word patterns or collocations, and arrangements.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension Whatever the motivation, whatever the purpose, reading implies comprehension.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension Numerous studies have been made to identify the components of comprehension.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension Hall identified five elements or components: attitude, perceptual, inferential, associative, verbal.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension Davis (1960) had a different approach to the study of the elements of comprehension.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension Before arriving at his list reading skills, Davis made a thorough research and study of the literature on the subject.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 1. Memory for isolated word meaning.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 2. Ability to manipulate concepts and ideas in relation to one another.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 3. Ability to infer the writer’s purpose and point of view.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 4. Ability to distinguished between general and specific statements.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 5. Ability to select appropriate meanings from contextual settings.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 6. Ability to follow the organization of a passage.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 7. Ability to grasp main idea and supporting details.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 8. Ability to synthesize the significant ideas in a passage.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 9. Ability to grasp the significance of literary devices and techniques.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension 10. Ability to evaluate statement of facts and opinions.

Essentials of Reading Comprehension Based on the studies made, the verbal element is significant for the achievement of reading comprehension.