ASSIGNMENT:
- Review Reading Strategies
Step 1: Read and re-read a text.
Step 2: Annotate the text, in your notebook, or by cutting and pasting the text into a Word or Google Doc.
- Underline sentences you feel are important, and put them in your own words (paraphrase)
- Write down main ideas next to each paragraph; be careful to distinguish main ideas from examples and details
- Circle unfamiliar words, look them up, and write down definitions
- Jot down your responses to the author’s ideas– what do you think? Do you have a question or response to what they wrote?
Step 3: Goal: Write down 3-4 main ideas of the text, including what you feel is the thesis (central, overarching point). This will be your *summary.*
- Mike Bunn, “How to Read Like a Writer” pages 1-6 (2011)
- How to Write A Summary
- Apply Reading Strategies to Caroline Hellman’s “In Defense of the Classroom” (2020) and Toni Morrison’s “The Reader as Artist” (2006)
- Post a Response (Length: Two Paragraphs):
- 1. For each article (by Morrison and Hellman), copy and paste a quote (1-2 sentences) that you found meaningful. Then paraphrase (put the quote in your own words) and explain why you were drawn to it, commenting either on the idea or the writing technique.
- 2. Respond with your own thoughts about the ideas in each article. Be creative, be honest! College is about independent thought!
To comment on any post, click on the “comments” icon (above). You will then see a screen come up with LEAVE A REPLY. That is where you want to comment.
We will discuss your Replies in class; also be ready to share any unfamiliar words that you looked up and ideas/questions that arose for you while reading.
