1.8 Visual Stimulus Comprehension

* Visuals can be pictures on their own or combined with words to convey meaning.
* Symbols, signs, maps, diagrams and storyboard are use viisuals for a purpose.
* All visuals contain a message.  The message could be interpreted as a story, a warning, an advertisement or as information to educate or influence people to buy something or to take some action.

1.  Understanding Sybols and Signs

* Sybols are internationally recognised visuals with a clear message.
*They are understood by people everywhere, no matter what language they speak.
  Look at these familiar symbols used at airports, on road signs, etc, and  their meanings.




* Signs use symbols, colours, words or numbers to convey a message.
* Road signs can ba a warning for driver safety ( yellow signs ) , orders to be followed ( red signs ) , or additional information ( green signs )
* A sign with a cross through it signifies something cannot be done,

Look at these signs and their meanings. 

1.7 Reading Comprehension

"Ah, much better!" he said to himself as he wiped himself as he wiped his forehead. "Aha!" laughed the Sun. "What do you say yo that,my friend?" he asked the Wind. :The cloak has been removed!" he chuckled loudly.

The Wind grew quiet. He knew the the right strategy had worked.

"I accept, O sun, that you are more powerful," he said in a controlled voice. Once again, the sun shone with comfortable warmth and the wind blew gently  about. the Traveller whistled a merry tune and continued on his journey.


A.  Answer these questions.

1. Why did the sun and the Wind feel they were important?
2. What did the two of hem quarrel about?
3. how did the they decide to test their power?
4. What did the wind do? Did he succeed?
5. What did the sun do? What was the result?
6. Who was the winner? What is your opinion of his strategy?

1.6 Skimming

*Skimming is a reading technique  that can help you to
          read more quickly
         decide if the text is interesting and whether you should read it in more detail.

*Skimming is a fast reading technique. Use it to obtain the gist of a piece of text (i.e. to quickly identify  the main ides in the text).

           Identifying Main Ideas

The main idea of a paragraph may be found in the first or last sentence, or even in the middle of the  paragraph.

If a main idea is repeated in a  slightly different way, its meaning will often become clear.

Sometime, it is repeated in the closing sentence.
          
  The main idea of a story tells what the story is mostly about. Details in a story provide more information about the main idea.

1.5 Predicting Outcomes

When you read,the clues in a story can help you figure out what will happen next. This is called predicting an outcome
often you can predict what happen by thinking about what has just happen