The Book & Beyond

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If you learn to “read” without understanding what good reading involves, you learn to read poorly. That is why reading is a

fundamentally passive activity for many students. It is as if their theory of reading was something like this: “You let your eye move

from left to right, scanning one line at a time, until somehow, in some inexplicable way, meaning automatically and effortlessly happens in

the mind.”‘How to read a paragraph-The Art of Close Reading’

Richard Paul, Linda Elder

Critical Thinking

through Literature

Chapter 1 Structure

➢ Browse through titles➢ Skim summaries, prefaces, comments

➢ Decide which book you’ll read

THINK

❏ Why did I choose this book?❏ What do I expect from the story?

❏ What do I expect from the characters?❏ What will I learn from this book?

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Chapter 2Step into the book

● Read

● Analyse

● Understand

● Evaluate

Think

❏ What was the writer’s purpose?

❏ How did you understand their purpose?

❏ What emotions did you experience while reading?

❏ What caused these emotions?

Chapter 3Focus on Language

● Reread(in sections)

● Keep:a vocabulary recorda grammar record

Think

❏ Could you understand unknown words without looking them up? How?

❏ Why did the writer choose those particular words? (specified sections)

❏ Did the various tenses used make a difference to your

understanding of the text?understanding of the plot?

Chapter 4Produce

Think & Write

● Micro-plots What would you add to the story?

● Add/Remove characters How does that change the story?

● The biography of your What was their background and how

favourite character did that affect the story?

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Isaac Asimov

Chapter 5Reflect

➢ Review your notes ➢ Go through your vocabulary and grammar records

➢ Read your own work

What have you learned?

How will you use that knowledge?

Our language is the reflection of ourselves. A language is an exact reflection of the

character and growth of its speakers.

Cesar Chavez

CEFR Level: C1

Course: 1-1

Assessment: Personalized Scoring Rubric (Google Form)

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