Reading and Writing Pre-Assessment

These are techniques that help you discover ideas before writing the first draft of a paper.

• Pre-Writing

• Brain Storming

• Free Writing

• Clustering/Mapping

It is writing your thoughts nonstop in a narrative way.

• Pre-Writing

• Brain Storming

• Free Writing

• Clustering/Mapping

This is regrouping thoughts and ideas based on how you will present them in your paper.

• Pre-Writing

• Brain Storming

• Free Writing

• Clustering/Mapping

Listing down everything that comes into your mind as fast as you can for a certain amount of time

• Pre-Writing

• Brain Storming

• Free Writing

• Clustering/Mapping

It is a cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning from a text

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Previewing

• Reading

It means looking at the readily visible parts of the text, like titles and subtitles, and also visuals and graphs, pictures, and charts

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Previewing

• Reading

Looking for specific information. There is no need to read every word; just read until you locate the details you are searching for

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Previewing

• Reading

Looking for the main points of the reading and identifying the ideas that develop it

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Previewing

• Reading

The meaning of an unfamiliar word can be inferred (guessed) from the description of a situation

• Antonyms

• Examples

• Inference

• Definition

The meaning of an unfamiliar word Is directly (explicitly) explained in the sentence.

• Antonyms

• Examples

• Inference

• Definition