Blog Entry #5
Critical Reading for Critical Writing:
-reading critically means that the reader must make judgements about what they are reading, as they are reading.
-make sure you as the reader are not reading strictly for information.
-make sure to read for purpose and elaborate thinking.
-stay clear of long lists of evidence.
1. locate the purpose.
2. start to make judgements on the material you are reading.
3. identify the reasoning.
4. examine.
5. evaluate.
Vanderbilt.edu–”How to read Academic Texts Critically”:
-always have questions that you want answered before you start to read.
-begin reading in the middle of the book.
-use critical thinking as you read the text.
-take notes.
Linda Flower–”Writing for an Audience”:
-make the reader feel connected to the writer.
-have knowledge on your topic.
-watch out for the correlation between attitude and images.
-readers do not accept information unless it correlates with their attitude.
-a writer needs to adapt to the reader.
-the reader is also the teacher.
UNC.edu–”Audience”:
How do I identify my audience and what they want from me?
-who is the audience?
-how many audiences do you have?
-focus on whatever is most important to the audience.
-what would the audience not care about?
-how can you organize your writing so that it is better for your audience to understand?
-what can you do to surprise the audience?
