CRITICAL READING

What is critical reading?

• Reader read with critical attention to comment and make necessary changes to the text.

• Reader applies certain processes, models, questions, and theories that result in enhanced clarity and comprehension.

• It is merely just a reading technique.

• It is a reading technique also known as skimming.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Critical reading is active way of reading.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Critical reading skills involves:

• Analysing

• Interpreting

• Evaluating

• Understanding

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

Based on the visual, as a university student which reading approach is more suitable for academic writing?

• Reading comprehension

• Critical reading

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which option gives the best overview of annotating text?

• Read and make notes about the text. Underline key/important terms. Build understanding of the text.

• Scanning the content and summarize; making notes in the margin.

Critical Reading means finding fault or criticizing a piece of text.

• True

• False

Critical Reading means asking yourself why a particular author____________.

• Published the text

• Wrote the text

• Examine the text

Once you've read a piece of text, readers analyze the text to understand why the author wrote that piece of text. Analyze means...?

• finding textual evidence

• breaking down of the text and opinionated explanation of the author's choices.

• providing educated guesses about the text based upon your prior knowledge and text evidence.

In Critical Reading, readers should be able to "transact with text in order to formulate logical questions based on evidence..."

This means the reader should be able to...

• Compare and contrast their thinking to what the author thinks.

• Know the levels of Depth of Knowledge

• Create their own questions based upon information provided in the text.

Which vocabulary strategy allows the reader to use context clues to understand the meaning of unfamiliar words?

• Meaning Cues

• Substitutions

• Pronoun Referents

• Context Clues

• Visual Information