Week 1 reading notes:
Analytical reading - Pay close attention to ideas, evaluate merit
Step 1: Preview the Material
Step 2: Read Thoughtfully
• Author’s thesis
• Consider the intended Audience and Purpose
• Distinguish between Facts and Opinions
• Make Inferences
• Make Connections
• Assess the Quality of Source Material
• Draw Conclusions
• Highlight and Annotate the Text
Step 3: Review and Write for Stud and Retention
♦ Survey: skim titles, headings, review questions, topic sentences
♦ Questions: examine questions that have been assigned, or form
♦ Read: highlight text’s main ideas and key vocabulary
♦ Recite: make connections between readings and what you learn in
♦ Review: do a summary of what you have read to prepare for exams
Analyzing Visual Content
What’s the topic?
What’s the intended audience?
What’s the purpose?
What are the components, how they help the image achieve the purpose?
What can you infer from the image?
Clouse Ch2 Six steps of Writing Process
Generating ideas, esta