Chapter 1 Reading and Writing: Becoming a Critical Reader

~Overall: I will read the selections in this book so I can answer study questions and prepare for class discussion (and, often, for writing). More significantly, however, you will also read to evaluate the ideas of others, to form judgments, and to develop original viewpoints. In other words, you will engage in critical thinking.

• This will allow me to generate my own ideas

• I can also form my own opinion, exchange insights w/ others, ask and answer questions, and discover ideas that can be further explored in writing.

  (Critical reading is a vital part of my education)

Understanding Critical Reading

• Reading is a two way street, since readers are introduced to writers ideas a can form their own