1. Reading ► Pleasure Reading  Passive  Relaxed  Comfortable  Done for personal interest ► Critical Reading  Active  Academic  Done to get you thinking more about underlying messages

2. Critical Reading ► Take notes as you read:  Ideas that seem important (importance may not be clear yet).  Images/ideas that keep coming up  Questions that you have (usually about the author’s purpose)

3. Ideas that seem important (importance may not be clear yet). ► How to know what ideas might be important?  Class handouts  Class discussions  Recurring ideas  Defining actions/situations

4. Images/ideas that keep coming up ► Recurring images help reinforce an important idea in a book:  How a character/setting is described  Comparisons to unlike things (humans to animals, etc.)  Situations that seem to keep happening in different circumstances

5. Questions (and answers) that you have About the Author ► Why did the author _____________? ► What purpose does ________have on the story? ► Why did the author choose this setting? ► Etc.

6. Questions and answers to consider About the Audience ► What audience is the author trying to reach? ► What values are revealed about this audience? ► How does the language chosen help reach this audience? ► Etc.

7. Questions and answers to consider About the Text ► What impact does the text style have on the story? ► What impact does the language have on the story? ► Why does the language change/remain the same throughout the story? ► Etc.