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TEACHING READING BY KWL METHOD      KWL method is intended to be an exercise for a study group or class that can guide you in reading and understanding a text. This method one popular techniques in teaching reading. KWL method helps the student become a good reader, make the students to be active thinkers when they read. In addition helps the teacher to be more creative in teaching. For the further explanation about KWL, you may download the presentation here

LEARNING ACTION PLAN        A lesson plan is a framework and a road map, which each teacher will create using an individual style. A good lesson plan is one that sees the “big picture” but includes detailed information for each activity. It's a good idea to organize your lesson plan as a unit plan. Each unit plan will cover a particular topic, and may be broken down into daily plans. An effective unit plan will include the following: Objective(s): While easy to ignore, identifying objectives from the beginning will vastly simplify instruction and assessment. Activities: The meat of your lesson plan will be the various activities you use to teach students what you want them to learn. Time estimates/Allotment: Including a time estimate for each activity allows you to divide your unit plan into days and periods of time. Required materials: Spend some time writing down exactly what materials you need for each activity so that you will be better prepare...

COMPARISON/CONTRAST PARAGRAPH DEFINITION      Comparison/Contrast Paragraph will tell the reader what is similar or different about two or more compared things. Usually the main emphasis is on the differences, but sometimes a paragraph describes both describes both similarities and differences.      When we compare two (or more) things, we tell what is similar about them. When we contrast things, we tell what is different about them. This pattern of organization is commonly used in everyday life. For example, we compare and contrast lecturers when we decide which classes to take. We compare and contrast products and prices when we shop. In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here

LOGICAL DIVISION OF IDEAS PARAGRAPH DEFINITION      Logical division of ideas is a pattern of organization in which you divide a topic into points and discuss each point separately. You can use logical division to organize many kinds of topics. In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here

ESSAY      Essay is a piece of writing that develops a topic into several paragraphs (i.e. introductory, body and concluding paragraph). An essay has three main parts: An introductory paragraph Body paragraphs (at least one, but usually two or more paragraphs) A concluding paragraph In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here

PARAGRAPH      Module 1 is further practice of the previous material which discusses about some basic elements that should be mastered before starting to write a paragraph. Before writing a paragraph, for example, students should know Kinds of Clauses, Clause Connectors, Punctuations, and Kinds of Sentences (i.e. simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, and compound complex sentence). In this module, you will step up to ‘next level’ in which you will learn how to write a paragraph. As a result, by the end of this module, you are expected to be able to express their ideas in written form especially in the form of paragraph (Basic Competence). In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here

KINDS OF SENTENCES      A sentence is a group of words that consists of two main parts (i.e. subject and predicate); in addition, they should be grammatically and logically arranged. Every sentence must have a subject and a verb/predicate. A sentence may be a statement, question, command, request, or exclamation. The first letter must be capitalized, and the sentence must be ended with a final punctuation mark in the form of a period (.); a question mark (?); or an exclamation point (!). In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here

PUNCTUATION      Punctuation is the act or system of punctuating or the act of adding or placing punctuation marks (full stop, comma, semicolon, etc) in proper place in order to make the meaning written is clearly understood. The following are general guidelines in punctuation: Punctuation plays a vital role in helping a writer communicate his/her message clearly and accurately. The use of punctuation marks prevents ambiguity and makes our writing easy to comprehend. If punctuation mark does not help to make the meaning of our text clear, it should be left out. In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here

CLAUSE CONNECTORS      Clause Connector is word(s) that is used to join or to connect clauses in order to form sentences that are both grammatical and logical. There are three groups of clause connectors which are going to be discussed in the present meeting such as subordinator (subordinating conjunction), coordinating conjunction, sentence connector, and. The first two groups are used to join independent clauses to form compound sentence. The last group is used to introduce dependent clauses, which are joined with independent clause to form complex sentence. In order to give you a path to learn, the material is available here