©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. PART TEN THE VISUAL GUIDE TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION JOANNA LEAKE * JAMES KNUDSEN PowerPoint by Katherine Knapp Grubbs University of Maryland at College Park

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. 28 READINGS Related exercises Build a reader’s inventory Good readers make good writers

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. RELATED EXERCISES What was it about? What did you think? Get it down on paper

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. BUILD A READER’S INVENTORY Personal story and history of yourself as a reader Talk about your life as a reader How do you feel about yourself as a reader Tell the story of your whole experience as a reader from childhood to today

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. GOOD READERS MAKE GOOD WRITERS Put effort and energy into your reading and your writing Get comfortable and get ready –Find a chair with a good light –Turn off distractions –Read with a pencil or highlighter in hand

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. GOOD READERS MAKE GOOD WRITERS Cont. Sneak preview –Skim through the reading ahead of time –Note its length –Author information –Visual clues in the text –Topic sentences of paragraphs

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. GOOD READERS MAKE GOOD WRITERS Cont. Read awake –Pay full attention –Actively look for points to underline or highlight while reading –Stay awake –Write any questions in the margins –Put stars beside the most important points

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. GOOD READERS MAKE GOOD WRITERS Cont. Instant Replay –Go back over the essay after you have finished reading it –Review the highlighted, underlined, or starred points –Summarize the essay in a sentence or two –Talk to others about what you read

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