Strategies for Reading More Critically

Introduction

Reading a Text--Some Definitions

What Counts as Reading?

What Counts as a Text?

How do Readers Read?

The Reading Equation

Cognitive Reading Theory

Strategies for Reading More Critically

Critically Reading Assignment Sheets

Analyze your Assignment Sheet Carefully

Pay Attention to Requirements

Plan your Time Well

Reading for Meaning--Worksheet

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Strategies for Reading More Critically

Although you probably already read critically in some respects, here are some things you can do when you read a text to improve your critical reading skills.

Most successful critical readers do some combination of the following strategies:

Previewing
Annotating
Summarizing
Analyzing
Re-reading
Responding