Day 2/3.

Developing Critical Reading Skills

1. Keeping a reading journal- reading journal is similar to to keeping a diary except you are writing your
feelings and ideas in reaction to your reading assignment.
Task- Choose a line or two lines a quote or even a paragraph that you like “The policies and
achievements of the Govermnent” create a paragraph or two paragraphs entry in your notebook for a
week.
2. Annotating the text- it simply means making notes on your copy of the reading. This includes
highlighting or underlining important passages and writing notes, comments, questions, and reactions
on the margins. By doing this you are entering into a dialogue with the author and not just passively
reading the text. It is usually best to annotate the text after you have read it more than once to ensure
that you understand it properly.
Work assignment- In the paragraph “ The Filipino of Today is soft, easy-going.” Do you agree with this
statements why or why not? Write a paragraph or two to express your opinion.
3. Outline the text- Creating a rough outline of the text will also be helpful in getting to understand it more
critically. By locating the thesis statement, claims, and evidence, and then plotting these into an outline,
you can see how the writer structures, sequences, and connects his or her ideas. This way you will be
able to better evaluate the quality of writing.
Job- Outline the President Quezon’s speech. Your outline can simply consist of a one-sentence summary
of each paragraph, and you can group paragraphs which talks the same topic together.
4. Summarizing the text- Summarizing a text is similar to outlining, in that you need to get the gist. A
summary consist of getting the main points of the essay and important supporting details. Summarizing
is a useful skill because you can better understand the reading if you can recognize and differentiate
majir and minor points in the text.
JOB- Summarize the speech by giving the thesis statement and choosing two ort here supporting details.
5. Questioning the text. It involves asking specific questions on points that you sceptical about. These
maybe topics that do not meet your expectations or agree with personal views.
o What type of audience is addressed?
o What are the writer’s assumptions?
o What are the writer’s intentions?
o How well does the writer’s accomplish these?
o How convincing is the evidence presented
o How reliable are the sources? Are they based on personal experience scientific data, or
outside authorities?
o Did the writer address opposing views on issue?
o Is the writer persuasive in his or her perspective?
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