Monday, April 18, 2011

Contextual Reference

Contextual Reference

This lesson will show you how to:
·      Recognize and identify different types of
contextual reference
·      Read and connect the contextual reference to
the word that it refers to
·      Being able to recognize and identify contextual references
will help you understand the passage you are reading.
·      You must pay attention to reference words when they occur in
the text you are reading
·      You can find the meaning of references by
searching the text and using your common  sense and knowledge of the text.
Read the passage and identify what each underlined word refers
A computer, like any other machine, is used because it does certain jobs better
and more efficiently than humans. It can receive more information and process it
faster than any human.  The speed at which a computer works means it can
replace weeks or even months of pencil-and-paper work. Therefore, computers
are used when the time saved offsets their cost, which is one of the many
reasons they  are used so much in business industry, and  research .                         

Reading Comprehension Strategy : Making Inferences :

Reading Comprehension Strategy:
Making Inferences :

1.   WHAT ARE INFERENCE ??????

žInferences are often referred to as what you “read between the lines.”
žThe meaning is really found “between your ears.”
žInferences are what the author implies or suggests.

2. What Happens When You Read?
While you read, your inside voice:
a.   Makes guesses
b.   Finds connecting points
c.   Asks questions
d.   Makes predictions
e.   Personalizes the reading
f.    Uses background knowledge to interpret 
3. What if we don’t know how to make inferences?????

        Tom: Are you free tonight?
        Mary: yes.
        Tom: I’ve two tickets for the concert.
        Mary: I see.
        Tom: So…
        Mary: What?
        Tom: Do you like to go with me?
        Mary: Oh! Sounds good

(SO LETS SEE THE DECODING INFERENCES)

        “Are you free tonight”= want to ask her to do something.
        “I’ve two tickets”= want to take her out to the cinema.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs


Comparative and Superlative
Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and adverbs are words the modify other words. The comparative form of an adjective or adverb compares two things. The superlative form of an adjective or adverb compares three of more things.
RULE 1
To make comparative and superlative forms of adjectives some rules must be followed:
To form the comparative or superlative of one syllable words with more than one vowel OR ending  with more than one consonant at the  add -er OR -est.
tall
taller
tallest
neat
neater
neatest
deep
deeper
deepest





RULE 2
To form the comparative or superlative of a one syllable word ending  in e add -r OR -st.
wide
wider
widest
fine
finer
finest
cute
cuter
cutest





RULE 3
To form the comparative or superlative of a one syllable word with one vowel and one consonant at the end double the consonant, and add -er OR -est.
sad
sadder
saddest
big
bigger
biggest
fat
fatter
fattest



Continued…………

Like adjectives some adverbs can take comparative and superlative forms, with -er and -est:   
·         Sally works hard.
·         Steve works harder than Sally
·         Kathy and Sue work the hardest of all

/

·         The bird sings loudly.
·         The moose sang louder than the bird.
·         Pete sang the loudest of them all.



               

CoNcLuSiOn


The Conclusion

Ø Making Your Last Paragraph Count
Ø The conclusion is the last paragraph in your essay.  A conclusion completes the essay and reemphasizes your thesis statement or main ideas.  Look at the example thesis statement and conclusion below.
Ø     Some ways to enhance a conclusion are to
include a :-
a)         Prediction
b)         Recommendation
c)         Quotation