How to Read the World

1. Underlining and highlighting

Pick out what you think are the most important parts of what you are reading. �

If you are a visual learner, you'll find it helpful to use different colors to highlight different aspects of what you're reading.�

2. Note key words �Record the main headings as you read. Use one or two keywords for each point. When you don't want to mark the text, keep a folder of notes you make while reading. �

•  3. Questions

"   Before you start reading an article, a chapter or a whole book, prepare for your reading by noting down questions you want the material to answer. While you're reading, note questions which the author raises.�

•  4. Summaries

"   Pause after you've read a section of text. Then: �

"   put what you've read into your own words; �

"   skim through the text and check how accurate your summary is and fill in any gaps. �

•  A tip for speeding up your active reading

"   You should learn a huge amount from your reading. If you read passively, without learning, you're wasting your time. So train your mind to learn.�

"   Try the SQ3R technique. SQ3R stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recall and Review.�

• Survey�

"  Gather the information you need to focus on the work and set goals: �

"  Read the title to help prepare for the subject �

"  Read the introduction or summary to see what the author thinks are the key points�

"  Notice the boldface headings to see what the structure is�

"  Notice any maps, graphs or charts. They are there for a purpose�

"  Notice the reading aids, italics, bold face, questions at the end of the chapter. They are all there to help you understand and remember.�

•  Question

"   Help your mind to engage and concentrate. Your mind is engaged in learning when it is actively looking for answers to questions.�

"   Try turning the boldface headings into questions you think the section should answer. �

•  Read

"   Read the first section with your questions in mind. Look for the answers, and make up new questions if necessary.�

•  Recall

"   After each section, stop and think back to your questions. See if you can answer them from memory. If not, take a look back at the text. Do this as often as you need to.�

•  Review

"   Once you have finished the whole chapter, go back over all the questions from all the headings. See you if can still answer them. If not, look back and refresh your memory.�

How to read images�

Images: Some Questions to Ask �

• Setting �

"  Who or what do you see?�

"  When was the picture taken?�

"  Where was the picture taken?�

Always Ask Why: Put Yourself in the Scene�

"   Why did the photographer choose these elements to photograph? What don’t you see?�

"   Why did the photographer take the picture? What happened before or after?�

Writing About Music�

"   Writing about music can mean analyzing lyrics and their meanings, or writing about the subject of music such as answering questions like this: �

“It’s not uncommon for people to stop liking a band once it becomes “too popular.” Why do think that is? What does this phenomenon suggest about popular music’s social function. �

Can you think of any contemporary bands that are both popular and cool? what about bands from the past?�

Undone by Pearl Jam�

"   Eddie Vedder, lead vocals, lyricist, notes to the song: �...This one sounds best in a car...it benefits from scenery passing at 40-50 mph (on the way to a demonstration or voting booth).�

Last stop on the westcoast line South of the northern border One small corner home tonight Everybody they know me there Don’t get any second glances Chances are that they don’t care The world has come undone Like to change it everyday Change don’t come at once There’s a wave, building before it breaks Can’t wait for election day Witness the occupation Corporations rule the day Well you know the pendulum throws Farther out to the one side swinging Has to sweep back the other way The world has come undone Another day and who can wait...

Questions to ask about Lyrics �

"   What themes are present in Undone?�

"   What messages?�

"   When reading lyrics and listening to music, consider the larger messages the song is trying to deliver, does the song succeed? How does the music help deliver the message?�

Only God Can Judge Me�[Intro: 2Pac]"

Only God can judge me, is that right?"[synth voice] Only God can judge me now"Only God baby, nobody else, nobody else"All you other motherfuckers get out my business"

[Verse One: 2Pac]"

Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the back"I couldn't trust my own homies just a bunch a dirty rats"Will I, succeed, paranoid from the weed"And hocus pocus try to focus but I can't see"And in my mind I'ma blind man doin time"Look to my future cause my past, is all behind me"Is it a crime, to fight, for what is mine?"Everybody's dyin tell me what's the use of tryin"I've been Trapped since birth, cautious, cause I'm cursed"And fantasies of my family, in a hearse"And they say it's the white man I should fear"But, it's my own kind doin all the killin here"I can't lie, ain't no love for the other side"Jealousy inside, make em wish I died"Oh my Lord, tell me what I'm livin for"Everybody's droppin got me knockin on heaven's door"And all my memories, of seein brothers bleed"And everybody grieves, but still nobody sees"Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix"Cause the media is full of dirty tricks"Only God can judge me"

[Chorus: 2Pac]"

[synth voice] Only God can judge me"That's right baby, yeah baby"[synth voice] Only God"Hahahahahahahaha"

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