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Encouraging Critical Literacy

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Page 1: Encouraging Critical Literacy

Encouraging Critical Literacy

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What Does It Mean To Be A Critical Reader?

• Be actively engaged in text• Develop an understanding of the

author’s ideas• Analyze and question the ideas and

arguments presented • Read between the lines• Develop your own opinion

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Goals Of Critical Literacy

• Understand the voice and persuasive elements of the text

• Willingness to become involved in what is being read

• Recognize the author’s purpose• To recognize BIAS

– What is Bias?

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Frequently Used Teacher Comprehension Assessment

Strategies:

• Multiple choice questions

• True or false

• Vocabulary work

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Why Negative?

• Easy to grade, but not challenging or fun

• Do not encourage active reading

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Active Reading Enables Students To Interact With Text

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Teachers play role of facilitator and students take the lead

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Encourages readers to voice and discuss their opinions

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Questions To Help Develop Critical/Active Reading Skills

• Where and when was the text written?

• Why was it written?• What is it about?• What is the genre?• Who is the text addressed to? Why

do you think the author wrote this?

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Questions To Help Develop Critical/Active Reading Skills

• What kind of voice is the author using? Is there a persuasive tone?

• Formal vs. informal? • Look at the illustrations…what do

they say?• How does the story make you feel?• Are there gender issues to address?

What is the boy/girl like? Why?• Do you see any stereotypes?

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Assessing Comprehension: Questions To Ask

• Can you connect this story to something you know?

• What is the main idea of this story?• What is this story REALLY about?