September 22 - 25 Journal 1
Monday:
We discussed about the previous activity which measured how we critically think and solve the problems that we will be encountering in the future. The specific problem given to us is stated below:
There occurred a doomsday event. Ten survivors have to choose six within their group to start a new generation of the human race. The ten survivors are as follow : A young priest, a pregnant housewife, an architect, an old doctor, a young entertainer, a professor/philosopher, a farmer, a middle-aged social worker, an elderly scientist and a young artist.
What really caught our attention was the answer of the last group that presented. They wanted the young priest to preach God's teachings to the next generation and yet they want him to be the father of the next generation. This led us to a debate regarding spreading the gospel of God and yet not applying it. The priest will violate his good morale and commitment to God if ever he is forced to mate with the entertainer.
The activity really needs a lot of critical thinking to arrive at the right decision. It gave us a sneak peek to what critical thinking really mean.
Tuesday:
We had an activity that would help us apply critical thinking through reading. The professor asked us to read and explain a specific quote.
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
The quote said that setting a goal is pleasant but if you don't do anything to reach it then it will merely be a dream; and on the other hand, doing something for nothing leaves you with wasted time and effort.
Wednesday:
Main idea and details was further explained to us by the professor. Main idea being the key concept of a selection while on the other hand, details being the support of the main idea. Skimming, scanning, context clues and other forms of reading strategies were also tackled.
Thesis statements and topic sentences were compared and contrasted. The main idea of the entire selection is what you call the thesis statement while the main idea per paragraph of a selection is called the topic sentence.
Skimming and Scanning were also compared and contrasted. Skimming, a form of speed reading, is used to get the main idea or key concept of a selection while scanning, another form of speed reading, is used to get details.
The professor gave us a test activity that helped us determine the differences of skimming and scanning. We used skimming and scanning to answer the questions given. I'm sure that we will do a lot of skimming and scanning along the way. Hopefully, I get to buy the book for ENGLCOM so I don't have to borrow and it would help me read a lot easier.
Thursday:
We tackled the topic "context clues" which would help us determine the meaning of highfaluting words in a selection. She told us to answer activities in the book that contains context clues.
Monday:
We discussed about the previous activity which measured how we critically think and solve the problems that we will be encountering in the future. The specific problem given to us is stated below:
There occurred a doomsday event. Ten survivors have to choose six within their group to start a new generation of the human race. The ten survivors are as follow : A young priest, a pregnant housewife, an architect, an old doctor, a young entertainer, a professor/philosopher, a farmer, a middle-aged social worker, an elderly scientist and a young artist.
What really caught our attention was the answer of the last group that presented. They wanted the young priest to preach God's teachings to the next generation and yet they want him to be the father of the next generation. This led us to a debate regarding spreading the gospel of God and yet not applying it. The priest will violate his good morale and commitment to God if ever he is forced to mate with the entertainer.
The activity really needs a lot of critical thinking to arrive at the right decision. It gave us a sneak peek to what critical thinking really mean.
Tuesday:
We had an activity that would help us apply critical thinking through reading. The professor asked us to read and explain a specific quote.
"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
The quote said that setting a goal is pleasant but if you don't do anything to reach it then it will merely be a dream; and on the other hand, doing something for nothing leaves you with wasted time and effort.
Wednesday:
Main idea and details was further explained to us by the professor. Main idea being the key concept of a selection while on the other hand, details being the support of the main idea. Skimming, scanning, context clues and other forms of reading strategies were also tackled.
Thesis statements and topic sentences were compared and contrasted. The main idea of the entire selection is what you call the thesis statement while the main idea per paragraph of a selection is called the topic sentence.
Skimming and Scanning were also compared and contrasted. Skimming, a form of speed reading, is used to get the main idea or key concept of a selection while scanning, another form of speed reading, is used to get details.
The professor gave us a test activity that helped us determine the differences of skimming and scanning. We used skimming and scanning to answer the questions given. I'm sure that we will do a lot of skimming and scanning along the way. Hopefully, I get to buy the book for ENGLCOM so I don't have to borrow and it would help me read a lot easier.
Thursday:
We tackled the topic "context clues" which would help us determine the meaning of highfaluting words in a selection. She told us to answer activities in the book that contains context clues.
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