Connect: College Reading (Chapter 1)
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Chapter 1 explores the reading process, emphasizing the importance of motivation and having clear goals for academic and career success. It discusses strategies to enhance reading comprehension, such as interacting with texts before, during, and after reading, and highlights the role of visualization and prior knowledge. The chapter concludes with activities to connect students' future aspirations to their reading practices and sets assignments for further engagement.
Connect: College Reading (Chapter 1)
- 2. Connecting to the Reading Process “People with goals succeed because they now where they’re going. It’s that simple.” – Earl Nightingale Is having a plan critical to success? How has having a plan help you succeed in meeting a goal? Skim through the headings and images in Chapter 1. What will we be discussing?
- 3. Getting Motivated to Read (Interaction 1-1, p. 4) What do you want to do when you get out of school? What career are you thinking of pursuing? Why do you want to earn this degree, or what interests you about this career? What is the minimum degree requirement to be competitive in this field? Name some specific classes or types of classes that are needed to pursue this career/degree.
- 4. Motivation to Complete Your Degree: Earning More Money
- 5. Motivation to Complete Your Degree: Earning More Money
- 7. Money isn’t Everything: Other Reasons to Read The more you read, the better you become at understanding other points of view. This understanding will help enrich your connections to other people… …and enhance your life by showing you all the possibilities that are available to you in the world. Seeing clearly what you want to achieve will help you stay motivated.
- 8. Fast Forward to Your Future Visualization Exercise: Imagine Yourself in the Future Everything is Going Well Fine-tune the Details How is your health? Where are you living? What is your dating, partnership, or family situation? What is your work life like? How’s your financial situation? What is a typical day like?
- 9. Fast Forward to Your Future Facebook Exercise: 1. Your future self 2. Your present self Write a comment to the self you are today. What do you want to tell yourself? Now step back into your present self & read the comment. What is your response?
- 10. Make the Future Happen What can you do to make the future you’ve imagined happen? I can make this future happen by… 1. 2. 3. 4.
- 11. Consider the Value of Reading How does reading at the college level fit into the picture you have just painted of your future? Group Exercise Life context Reading benefits this context by… NOTE: Later in class, we will come back to your vision of the future and write about it individually.
- 12. “Read and Talk” Selections Help you prepare your mind for the ideas in the chapter and reading selections. Give you something to talk about in class discussions. Very Important Fact! When you have reading assignments in college classes, reading the material is just the beginning!
- 13. Talking about Reading If you were to respond to MadV’s video request to share your hopes or dreams with the world, what would your message be? (Remember, it has to fit on the palm of your hand.) If you were asked to describe this past week in three words, which words would you use? If you put your words with an image, what would the image be? Why? How many different scenes can you imagine where “I am sorry” or “I love you” or “How are you?” can be used?
- 14. Reading is an Interaction Reading is an active process. You cannot be passive when you read and expect to be successful! Use your imagination Interactivity: When you read you have a better chance of understanding the text if you have interact with it. What are some ways of interacting with a text?
- 15. Reading is an Interaction Use your Body Keep a pencil/pen/highlighter in your hand while reading. And use it! (Annotation) Practice 1. 2. 3. Something important Something you don’t understand Something you agree/disagree with
- 16. 3 Stages of Reading Before During After
- 17. Stage 1: Before You Read • Survey to get an overview of what will be coming. • Guess at the author’s purpose. Preview • Think about your prior knowledge of the subject matter. Purpose Prior Knowledge Predict • Predict what’s going to happen.
- 18. Before You Read Preview • Survey to get an overview of what will be coming. Do not read the whole selection. Title/Subtitle; words in large type Headings; words in different colors Images and Captions First sentences of paragraphs
- 19. Before You Read Purpose Three Purposes for Writing (Think PIE!) • Guess at the author’s purpose. Persuasive Informative Expressive Purpose of a College Textbook? People magazine? An article entitled “The President Should Be Ashamed” Understanding the Author’s purpose can help you make inferences about his or her point of view, assumptions, biases, and beliefs.
- 20. Before You Read Predict 1. 2. • Predict what’s going to happen. Practice predicting with images and text… Practice predicting based on the first thing you might read in an article or book: the Title.
- 21. Interaction 1-6
- 22. Interaction 1-6
- 23. Interaction 1-6
- 24. Interaction 1-7 “House Fire Kills Five in Connecticut” “Personal Nutrition” “Mormon Church Needs Reform” Diablo III: The Book of Cain “Schistosomiasis Affects 230 Million Each Year” “Big California, Little Fixes” Through My Eyes A movie trailer for The Dark Knight Rises “Last of the Cave People” “50 Years on Everest: The Unsung Heroes of the World’s Highest Mountain”
- 25. Before You Read • Think about your prior Prior knowledge of the Knowledge subject matter. Activate your prior knowledge. Natural pattern of learning: fitting what you are learning about into what you already know. Mental Strategy: Ask Questions “Icebreaker” – Sharing What You Know
- 26. Stage 2: While You are Reading Casual reader vs. “Dedicated” Reader How to read actively: (Table 1.1 on p.22) Try to understand what the author is saying Monitor your own comprehension Search for the relevance and significance of information you are reading Remain open to learning something new NOTE: I’m here to help with comprehension (as is the textbook), but YOU have to make the choice to be an active reader.
- 27. Stage 3: After You Read Connect back to author’s purpose Did they convince you? What did you learn? Why does it matter? After-Reading Strategies Think carefully about the ideas you have read. Talk about the ideas in class or in a study session. Turn your annotation into notes.
- 28. Final Thought: Common Knowledge When author & reader share prior knowledge, reading becomes easier and comprehension improves. Understanding background knowledge of author = Cultural Literacy “Common Knowledge” box in Textbook – what the writers assume you already know. The more you read, the more knowledge you will hold in common with others!
- 29. Schedule for Rest of Class Group Activity – Plan for Success 5 Minute Break Individual Writing – Future Dreams “Quiz” Wrap-Up/Homework
- 30. Homework **Get Textbook** Page 6 – Interaction 1-2 Page 11, questions 1-4 - “Talking about Reading” (handout) Page 23-25 – Interaction 1-9 Make flashcards: 3 purposes for writing 4 things to do before reading Key Terms: Interactivity, Purpose, Active Reader, Common Knowledge, Comprehension (write a definition in your own words!) Read Chapter 2, pages 57-87 – Just read, and think! (Don’t do any writing.)