Unit 4

Question 1

These are some questions to ask yourself in order to read more critically

Answer 1

1. Why am I reading this material?
2. How well do I need to know the material in the article?
3. Is some material in the article more important to me than other material?
4. What will I need to do with the material from the article?
5. What kind of reading does the material suggest?

Question 2

Effective Reading

Answer 2

Requires the ongoing interaction of your mind and the printed page; bringing your knowledge and experience to bear on a piece of writing can help you assess its events, ideas, and conclusions.

Question 3

Because of the challenging nature of most college-level reading assignments, you should………

Answer 3

Plan on more than one reading.

Question 4

A good first read should…..

Answer 4

Orient you to the material

Question 5

Before you begin reading you should……

Answer 5

Scan any accompanying biographical sketch and try to determine the writer’s expertise and views on the topic.

Question 6

These type of essays often start with an abstract that provides a brief summary of the article.

Answer 6

Professional Essays

Question 7

During the first reading you should complete these 4 steps.

Answer 7

1. Orient Yourself to the Background of the Essay
2. Use the Title as a Clue
3. Skim to Get the Gist of the Article
4. Make Connections with What You Have Read

Question 8

What do most titles do?

Answer 8

Most titles identify the topic and often the viewpoint as well.

Question 9

While skimming the article, you should….

Answer 9

Try to gain an idea of the essay’s main thrust, the key ideas that support it, and the ways that they are organized.

Question 10

In your first reading, you can….

Answer 10

Skim the more difficult sections without trying to understand them fully.

Question 11

What should you do after you’ve skimmed the essay, and before you reread the essay.

Answer 11

You should think about what you’ve learned and then, either by saying it to yourself or jotting it down, express it IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

Question 12

You should go back and underline this, and if one is not included, try to formulate one in YOUR OWN WORDS.

Answer 12

The thesis statement

Question 13

What should you do if the material was difficult, or you need to know it well?

Answer 13

A second or third reading may be necessary.

Question 14

While Reading Carefully and Actively, you should….

Answer 14

• Read at a pace suitable to the material.
• Underline significant topic sentences as well as other key sentences and ideas or facts that you find important
• You may want to write down the main pints in your own words
• Examine the supporting sentences to see how well they back up the main idea.

Question 15

You should understand that underlining

Answer 15

DOES NOT ensure comprehension. Restating the ideas in your OWN WORDS is more effective.

Question 16

As you read, Consider Reading As a Kind of Conversation with the Text

Answer 16

-Develop the habit of asking questions about facts, ideas—-practically anything in the essay.

Question 17

Whenever you encounter a new word, you should do these things.

Answer 17

• Circle it
• Use context to help gauge its meaning
• Record it in the margins

Question 18

When the ideas of a single prove difficult, you should do this.

Answer 18

Restate the points of those sections you do understand

Question 19

4 strategies to help yourself when there are large sections or texts that are extremely difficult.

Answer 19

• State the ideas that are easier for you to understand and use them as keys to unlock meanings that are difficult bu t not unintelligible. Save the most difficult sections for last.
• Discuss a difficult essay with others who are reading it.
• Read a simpler material on the topic.
• Go to your teacher for help.

Question 20

Whenever you finish a major section of a lengthy essay,…

Answer 20

Express your sense of what it means.

Speak it out loud or write it down.

Question 21

If you struggle to see the connections between ideas,

Answer 21

Try to visually represent them.

Question 22

To strengthen your grasp of material you’ll need to remember for sometime,

Answer 22

Try restating its main points a couple of days after the second reading.

Question 23

Master the Problems That Interfere with Reading problems and solutions.

Answer 23

• If your environment is too noisy, move to an environment that you can concentrate in and is well lit.
• If you are too tired, try reading at the time of day where you are most alert.
• If you get tired, take a break for a specific time period
• If you have something else on your mind, try to resolve the distraction or put it out of your mind.

Question 24

When you are Reading to Critique, ask these 5 questions.

Answer 24

• Does it match your experience?
• Do the pieces of evidence support the claim?
• Do the ideas appear reasonable?
• Are there other pieces of evidence or other works that contradict these claims?
• Do the ideas connect in a logical way?