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DEVELOPMENTAL

READING 1
Prepared by: Roginette F. Eusala

Grading System
Midterm

Finals

Major Examination

40%

40%

Quizzes

20%

20%

Output/Project

15%

15%

Recitation/Classroom
Participation

15%

15%

Attendance

10%

10%

GPA = (Midterm Grade x .30) + (Final Grade x .70)

DEVELOPMENTAL
READING 1

Thoughts on Reading
Reading early in life gives a youngster a
multitude of friends to guide intellectual and
emotional growth (Caroll Gray)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to
the body (Richard Sleete)
After three days without
reading, talk become
flavorless (Chinese proverb)

Thoughts on Reading
Once you learn to read you will be forever
free (Frederich Douglass)
A book is a garden carried in a pocket
(Chinese Proverb)
A man without books is a body without
soul (Cicero)
The book is the mans best invention
so far (Carolina Maria de Jesus)

Words to Ponder
Yes
1.Reading is a burden in work and life.
2. Personally, it has not been useful in
studies.
3. For men and women of great minds,
they are avoided and set aside.
4. They also do not find books as
sources of rest and enjoyment.
5. The library is not as wholesome place
to stay and spend time in.

No

Words to Ponder
1. Reading books can be your friend
2. Reading exercises the mind
3. Books are one of mans greatest
inventions.
4. Libraries contains wealth.
5. Churches burn heretical books;
state censor radical books.

1/4

Your Turn

Create two separate web graphs/figures to show the


benefits provided by

Benefits
Reading

Books

Write a resolution (something you


wish to do) drawn from your recent
discovery about reading.

The History of Reading


Books are the carrier of
civilization without books
history is silent,
literature dumb, science
crippled.
-Barbara Trishman

Laptop/PC

Books

Interne
t

Television

Lets look at the distant


past
According to paleontologists who
study fossils and other evidences of
life on earth, the first man was a late
comer on earth and appeared on the
planet only about one hundred
thousand years ago.
In the beginning, however he
employed grunts and body
language using gestures
and postures to convey his
ideas and needs to others.
In time, man
devised symbols
corresponding to
his oral messages.

Man walked
upright
Had adaptable
hands
Brain which
enables him to
devise plans
Social being

Evidences

Rock Painting

Cuneiform

In Sumerian
Picture writing during Sumerian civilization
between 3000 to 4000 B.C. were incised on
baked tablets.
Private letters
Business contracts
Accounts
Tax receipts
Royal orders
State records

Meanwhile in Egypt
Hieroglyphics

Pictorial Symbols

They also invented paper


derived from papyrus
plant on which they
wrote their signs with a
reed pen and ink made
by mixing water , gum
and soot.
Other civilizations such
as those in Syria,
Phoenicia, and Palestine
used more permanent
writing materials such as
leather rolled into scrolls.

Letter Symbols or Alphabets


The greatest contribution to the progress of ancient
civilization came from the Phoenicians who adopted and
spread the use of it.
Due to its simplicity it, it was developed by other people
such as Greeks and Romans.
Thus, the Roman system of writing became the basis for all
the system of writing being read by modern people today.

Modern Day
Body Language
finger symbols
gestures
postures
facial expressions

Expresses 50% of our meanings

Your Turn
Im hot.
Im thirsty.
Look!
Im sleepy.
Im tired.
Come here.

We are living in a
scientific world.

The girl in the third


row seems happy.

I have a pet dog who


is most loyal to me.

Try saying these words with


Body Language
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Yoo-hoo!
Where are you?
Hey! My foot is caught.
Wait for me.
Help me.
How beautiful you are!
Dont get excited.

Show a Physical Skill to the


class
Casting a fishing bait
Shooting a basket ball
A new dance step
Doing Aerobics Exercise
Conducting an orchestra
Riding a horse
Swimming
Ice skating

Assignment
Research the brief descriptions of:
Write it on your notebook

a.Old stone (Age rock painting)


b.Cuneiform writing
c.Egyptian Hieroglyphs
d.Greek Alphabet
e.Roman Alphabet

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