understanding-critical-reading-as-a-way-of-developing-deeper-thinking_compress (1).pdf
- 1. CRITICAL READING AS WAYS OF THINKING LC: Explains critical reading as looking for ways of thinking. EN11/12RWS-IIIij-5
- 2. Share your understanding on the quotation below. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” -Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader
- 3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BELOW. 1.How does the connection of reading and thinking work? 2.What could be the consequences of not reading enough? Of not thinking before you speak? 3.Are you fond of reading? What do you usually read?
- 4. SIMPLE READING Involves identifying and recognizing meaning of the text.
- 5. CRITICAL READING Involves judgment or analysis of the text. Systematic, methodological, and orderly manner of reading of any form of text plus. Significantly figure out both the explicit and implicit information. Entails looking at what the text says, and describing and considering the significance or importance of any impact it may or may not have
- 6. SIMPLE READING VERSUS CRITICAL READING SIMPLE READING CRITICAL READING It gives the basic definition of the text. It reflects on what the text does by making a judgment. Its central idea is the message being imparted. Its certain goal is to recognize the author’s purpose in writing the material, understand the tone and persuasive elements in it, and to recognize bias in the text. It recognizes what a text says. It recognizes what a text says, reflects on what the text does, and infers on what the text means. The reader absorbs and understands The reader actively recognizes and analyzes evidence in the text.
- 7. EXAMPLE Interpretation of the lyrics: “…I don’t need a whole lot of anything. I just need a little bit of everything.” In simple reading, this means that the person does not have much to ask because he just needs a few things in life. The level of understanding is premised in the literal interpretation only. In critical reading, the lyrics mean the person saying it is satisfied with what he has. There is nothing in this world that would make him happier tha where he is now. There are no problems besetting him. Then the passage leaves some words hanging, which may refer to something or someone. The lyrics of the song and the circumstances that surround it may lead the reader to find out more about the theme of the composition. The reader can reflect and connect his own experiences to the song, and may agree or disagree with the passage, finding some new ideas along the way.
- 8. SIGNIFICANCE OF CRITICAL READING Makes the reader understand the context of a difficult text The context may be implied in three ways: in the text itself giving clues to its meaning, in the reader’s context, or in the author’s context
- 9. THE WAY OF CRITICAL READING TO CRITICAL THINKING As you dig deeper in critical reading, your thinking goes deeper too. You touch into reasoning and you look at things in a different way. You can reflect on the line of thought, follow the thread of reasoning, and probe on the implications, assumptions, points of view, goals, and objectives of the reading material. You also give more thoughts on the arguments as well as evidences to prove them.
- 10. COMPONENTS OF CRITICAL THINKING
- 11. COMPONENTS OF CRITICAL THINKING 1.Getting the main idea. 2.Summarizing. Compact all pertinent information. 3.Inferring. Sense relationships among the ideas in the text. State the implication, prediction, generalization and conclusion. 4.Draw conclusions. Base your conclusions on sound specific details cited from the text. 5.Analyzing Sequence. The order of arrangement of events present in the text must be chronologically followed by the critical reader. Flashbacks must also be observed.
- 12. COMPONENTS OF CRITICAL THINKING 6. Determining fact versus opinion. A fact contains actual occurrence or existence. An opinion, on the other hand, is made of a point of view, belief, or judgment. Facts do not differ while opinions differ. An opinion may be supported by facts but cannot be proven while a fact can be proven with supporting information. Thus, always determine the reliability of a source. 7. Understanding cause and effect. 8. Comparing and contrasting 9. Identify the problem and solution. Discussing complex issues need careful evaluation.
- 13. “The better thought it takes in critical reading, the better information one gets.” -Maria Elisa Anacay, Marie Xeanne Rivera
- 14. ACTIVITIES A.Analyze a movie you recently viewed. Make a summary of it. Be guided by the 5W1H questions. B.Read the poem entitled “Dreams” by Langston Hughes and answer the following questions below. 1. As a reader, what are your thoughts about the poem? 2. Who is the writer of the poem? a. Find out the circumstances that were surrounding the writer before he wrote the poem and while he was writing it. b. Say something about his background that are evident in his writing. c. What were the types of problems besetting him?
- 15. ACTIVITIES B. Read the poem entitled “Dreams” by Langston Hughes and answer the following questions below. 3. What is special about the poem? 4. What does “frozen with snow” mean as used in the poem?