Name and explain the two ways we have to learn vocabulary
Incidental: You learn that in a natural way. Intentional: You follow strategies to learn
Name three techniques you can apply to gain vocabulary
word formation (affixes), semantic mapping, figurative language (metaphor, simil)
What is the name of this technique?
Semantic mapping
“A good programmer is someone that always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street”. Doug Linder. In a figurative language this is the example of ...
a metaphor
“Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer”. Filipe Fortes. In the figurative language, this is the example of...
a simile
What are inferences?
Inferences are steps in reasoning, moving from premises to logical consequences.
When you make an inference, you…
Use your prior knowledge, use textual information to draw conclusions, make critical judgments. form unique interpretations from the text,or image
"Programming isn't about what you know; it's about what you can figure out.” - Chris Pine. What can you infer from that?
Programming is more about creativity than knowledge
What inferential questions can you remember?
How do you know this? What in the text or image supports your description? Why do you feel this way?
Etymologically, the word infer means...
...to "carry forward".
What questions can we ask to clarify a concept?
What does that word mean? Why is that happening? What am I learning?
What questions can we ask to understand the causes of an event?
Why did this happen? What is the origin of this situation?, What are the causes of this event?…?
What questions can we ask to understand the author’s intent?
Why did the author write this? What is the author's intention?, etc
What questions can we ask to make predictions?
I wonder if ____ will happen? What is the text about? What will happen in the text?, etc
What could be a good strategy to have a conversation to the text, and to have a better understanding of the concepts?
Questioning
How to define main idea?
Words that relate the details to the topic. (The topic is mentioned in the main idea statement)
