Critical Reading

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Critical Reading
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Goals of Critical Reading

• to recognize an authors purpose             
• to identify the audience
• to recognize the genre of the text

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Before We Read
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Article Matching Game

• Refer to Article Matching Game page

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Background Videos
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Paralyzed High School Football Player 10 years
After Injury

• Refer to Critical Questions on Visual Text page
• YouTube - Paralyzed high school football player
  10 years after injury

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NFL and Youth Football Changing Concussion Culture

• YouTube - NFL and Youth Football Changing
  Concussion Culture

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Vocabulary

• Look for 3 words not found on your vocabulary
  worksheet and write down the word and the
  definitions
• Review idioms found in the article
• -Example fumbled for words

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Number the paragraphs
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While We Read
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First Read

• Known as a cold read
• Read the article to yourself silently
• What do you notice as you read?

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Second Read

• Circle key terms
• KEY TERMS are words that repeat and relate to the
  topic or main idea of the article

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Third Read

• Underline claims
• CLAIMS are an authors belief or opinion about a
  certain topic.
• CLAIMS tell the reader what the authors position
  is on a certain topic

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Analysis and Inference The Tools of Critical
Reading

• A critical reader know what to look for (
  analysis )
• How to think about what to find ( inference )

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Audience

• Who the author is writing to.
• Example Some works of music have a wide and
  varied audience.

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How do we identify the audience?

• Look for
• Topic the subject of the text
• Who would be interested in reading about this?
• Publication type
• Where was this article published?
• Who reads this type of publication?

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continued

• Diction the words the author chooses to use
  when writing.
• Do these words relate better to one group of
  people over another?
• Sentence structure the complexity of the
  authors sentences
• Short, choppy (2-11 words)
• Long, complex (12-25 words)
• Does the sentence complexity relate better to one
  group over another?

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Authors Purpose

• the reason the author wrote the text
• it could be to provide information, to persuade
  the reader or to entertain the reader

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How do we identify the authors purpose?

• Preview the Text
• Are there any ideas or information conveyed in
  the title?
• Within the text
• Claims What can a claim tell us about what the
  authors purpose is?
• Diction Does the author use any strong words or
  phrases that support his purpose?

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Genre

• Definition of genre
• -a category or type of literature
• How do you identify genre?
• -form, paragraph structure, purpose
• Categories of genre on next slide

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Categories defined by Pearson
Drama
Poetry
Prose
Fiction
Nonfiction
Farce
Lyric poetry
Novels
Persuasive writing
Melodrama
Concrete poetry
Comic Drama
Short Stories
Essays Reports
Dramatic poetry
Tragedy
Biography
Narrative poetry
Serious Drama
Epic poetry
Autobiography