EAPP Prelims Lesson 3
EAPP Prelims Lesson 3
EAPP Prelims Lesson 3
(2) In the
appropriate physical, chemical, and biotic habitat, the
survival and development of species is almost assured. (3)
It is for this reason that organisms do not just exist or grow
anywhere. (4) For example, snakes and lizards cannot
exist in Alaska because summer there is not warm or long
enough for them to breed. (5) Similarly, fish require
oxygenated water, so they cannot thrice in bodies of water
that are heavily polluted by organic wastes, because
microorganisms consume the oxygen which the fish need.
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Lesson 3.1 Stating the Main Idea of a Text
The main idea is the thesis or main point
of an informational text.
● deductive order
● inductive order
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Lesson 3.2 Summarizing and Paraphrasing
● A summary is a short or abbreviated version
of a longer text.
● A paraphrase is a restatement and a
restructuring of ideas for the purpose of
clarifying the meaning of a text.
Research tells us that a child’s aptitude for linguistic
skills comes at a much earlier age than his or her aptitude
for computational skills. But in classrooms, an equal
amount of time, at every grade, is given to both. An
experiment in Michigan had 50 schools that did not teach
arithmetic at all in the first four grades, to give more
standard arithmetic tests that all other schools were taking,
and fared equally well. Did the other schools waste 40
minutes a day teaching arithmetic for the first four years?
- Victor Ordonez, Speech on the occasion of being conferred in honorary
doctoral degree by De La Salle University (January 26, 2009)
● Version 1:
Dr. Victor Ordonez, in his speech delivered on January 26,
2009, mentioned in experiment involving 50 schools in
Michigan where arithmetic was taken by students starting only
from Grade 5. After Grade 7, these students took the standard
test in arithmetic. The test result showed that they performed
as well as those who had been taking arithmetic since Grade 1,
confirming research that had earlier established that children’s
“aptitude for computational skills” develops much later than
their “aptitude for linguistic skills.” Once wonders if those who
had been taking arithmetic since Grade 1 wasted 40 minutes
daily for four years.
● Version 2:
Children’s aptitude for computational skills is
developed much later than their aptitude for linguistic
skills. Yet in school an equal amount of time is given to
the two skills at every level. In an experiment in
Michigan involving 50 schools, arithmetic was offered
only in Grade 5-7. When the students took the standard
arithmetic tests, they fared equally well as the other
students who had been taking arithmetic since Grade 1.
So the question is asked if other students wasted 40
minutes a day during the first four years.