Blog 3R

In class we discussed the difference of reading for information and reading for critical thought. Reading for information is easy. It's something simple. While reading for critical thought takes a little longer. Our professor shared with us that everything you read, you should read twice. Once to get the gist of the story or essay and twice for really analyzing the text. 

My freshman year of high school my english teacher taught us techniques to use when annotating a text. There were six things that she recommended but I only remember three. Making connections, questioning the text, and vocabulary. Making connections to the text gets you familiar with the situations in the story. If you can identify with the writer than the text will flow. Questioning the text allows you to share your thoughts with someone else who might have understood what you didn't. Being familiar with the vocabulary allows you to understand the text a lot better. When you don't know a word in the text you should look it up and find out how you use it properly.

Critical reading just requires a little more thought than reading for information. Reading something twice won't kill you. In the end it will make you a stronger writer and reader.