1) How reading in a particular way could also make a better writer.
2) You are reading to learn about writing and the methods they uses.
3) You’re reading to see how it was constructed so that you can construct something similar yourself./ When you read like a writer, you are trying to figure out how the text you are reading was constructed.
4) Reading like a writer can help you understand how the process of writing is a series of meaning choices.
5) Learn about the historical context of the writings.
6) Comments on how important the genre of the text can be force reading.
7) Published text would be different, maybe even different choices in the writing because you may be faced with similar choices in your own work.
8) Because you can look at a piece you’re reading and think about whether you want to adapt similar choices in your own style.
9) You are reading to understand how the text was written how the house was built.
10) Examining the evidence that the author was to support his/her claims.
11) To mark up the text, make comments in the margins, and write yourself notes and summaries.
12) Deciding how to include the best attributes of what you read in your own writing. This is what reading like a writer is all about.
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Tuesday: We are working in the Library finalizing our Unit 1 Narratives. We will print the narratives on the library computer and return to the classroom to do peer reviews (help your partner to make a better grade.). Remember to look for an overarching theme that connects stories or runs through one specific story.
Freewrite from this evening: How is the class going for your so far?! (or anything you want to write about — freewrite time belongs to the writer.)
Thursday: We will read “Maybe I Could Save Myself by Writing” and discuss. It is in the packet. Journals are due.
Unit 1 is due on blackboard!
