Guide
Name
Critical Reading/Listening/Viewing
Description
Critical reading/listening means recognizing not only what a text says, but also how that text portrays the subject matter. Non-critical readers are satisfied with recognizing what a text says and restating the key remarks. Critical readers recognize the various ways in which each text is a unique creation of a unique author. To the critical reader, any single text provides a single portrayal of the facts or one individual's "take" on the subject matter. Critical readers ask the following of the text: Is it explaining a process and offering examples? Is it arguing? appealing for sympathy? comparing and contrasting to clarify a point? discussing cause and effect? Critical readers infer what the text, as a whole, means, based on answers to these questions. Goals of Critical Reading to recognize an author's purpose to understand tone and persuasive elements to recognize bias None of these goals actually refers to something on the page. Each requires inferences from evidence within the text: recognizing purpose involves inferring a basis for choices of content and language recognizing tone and persuasive elements involves classifying the nature of language choices recognizing bias involves classifying the nature of patterns of choice of content and language Critical reading is not simply close and careful reading. To read critically, students must actively recognize and analyze evidence presented within the text. The levels of analysis might be: what a text says (restatement)- talks about the same topic as the original text what a text does (description)- discusses aspects of the discussion itself what a text means (interpretation)- analyzes the text and asserts a meaning for the text as a whole Resources: A Viewer's Discussion Guide for Films/Videos blm/ela/g/73 SBLM Cartoon Graphics Pros and Cons T-Chart blm/ela/6/cartgraphtchart SBLM Cause and Effect Frames blm/ela/4/grade4p122 SBLM Checklist for Assessing Editorials blm/ela/6/editorialcheck SBLM Editorial Cartoon Bingo blm/ela/6/edcartbingo SBLM Film and Television Elements blm/ela/g/elablm53 TI SI Film and Television Techniques blm/ela/g/elablm52 TI SI
Purposes Specific Learning Outcomes LICT Descriptors How To Do Related Information
BDA Before, During, and After Reading link to file Critical Viewing of Media link to file DRTA (Directed Reading-Thinking Activity) link to file Persuasion Techniques link to file QARs (Question-Answer Relationships) link to file SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review) link to file Visual Literacy link to file
Variations Assessment / Think Abouts
Record anecdotal comments using a DailObservation Form. Daily Observation Form blm/ela/g/blm_6 TBLM Record focused observations on students' growing competence in reading/listening critically.Focused Observation Form blm/ela/kg/blm_5 TBLM An Observation Checklist for Speaking and Listening Skills blm/ela/g/elablm95 TBLM Š 2007 Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth Created with Curriculum Navigator, - Page 1 -
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References Keywords
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