CONNECT: COLLEGE READING

Chapter 1

Connecting to the Reading Process

Is having a plan critical to success? How has having a plan help you succeed

in meeting a goal? Skim through the headings and images in

Chapter 1. What will we be discussing?

“People with goals succeed because they now where they’re going. It’s that simple.”

– Earl Nightingale

Getting Motivated to Read(Interaction 1-1, p. 4)

What do you want to do when you get out of school? What career are you thinking of pursuing?

Why do you want to earn this degree, or what interests you about this career?

What is the minimum degree requirement to be competitive in this field?

Name some specific classes or types of classes that are needed to pursue this career/degree.

Motivation to Complete Your Degree: Earning More Money

Motivation to Complete Your Degree: Earning More Money

IS THIS ENOUGH OF A MOTIVATION?

WHAT ELSE MOTIVATES YOU?

Money isn’t Everything: Other Reasons to Read

The more you read, the better you become at understanding other points of view.

This understanding will help enrich your connections to other people…

…and enhance your life by showing you all the possibilities that are available to you in the world.

Seeing clearly what you want to achieve will help you stay motivated.

Fast Forward to Your Future

Visualization Exercise: Imagine Yourself in the Future Everything is Going Well Fine-tune the Details

How is your health? Where are you living? What is your dating, partnership, or family

situation? What is your work life like? How’s your financial

situation? What is a typical day like?

Fast Forward to Your Future

Facebook Exercise:Your future self

Your present self

1. Write a comment to the self you are today. What do you want to tell yourself?

2. Now step back into your present self & read the comment. What is your response?

Make the Future Happen

What can you do to make the future you’ve imagined happen?

I can make this future happen by… 1. 2. 3. 4.

Consider the Value of Reading

How does reading at the college level fit into the picture you have just painted of your future?

Group Exercise Life context Reading benefits this context by…

NOTE: Later in class, we will come back to your vision of the future and write about it individually.

“Read and Talk” Selections

Help you prepare your mind for the ideas in the chapter and reading selections.

Give you something to talk about in class discussions.

Very Important Fact! When you have reading assignments in college classes, reading the material is just the beginning!

Talking about Reading

If you were to respond to MadV’s video request to share your hopes or dreams with the world, what would your message be? (Remember, it has to fit on the palm of your hand.)

If you were asked to describe this past week in three words, which words would you use?

If you put your words with an image, what would the image be? Why?

How many different scenes can you imagine where “I am sorry” or “I love you” or “How are you?” can be used?

Reading is an Interaction

Reading is an active process. You cannot be passive when you read and expect to be successful!

Use your imagination Interactivity: When you read you have a

better chance of understanding the text if you have interact with it.

What are some ways of interacting with a text?

Reading is an Interaction

Use your Body Keep a pencil/pen/highlighter in your hand

while reading. And use it! (Annotation)

Practice1. Something important2. Something you don’t understand3. Something you agree/disagree with

3 Stages of Reading

Before

During

After

Stage 1: Before You Read

• Predict what’s going to happen.

• Think about your prior knowledge of the subject matter.

• Guess at the author’s purpose.

• Survey to get an overview of what will be coming.

Preview Purpose

PredictPrior

Knowledge

Before You Read

• Survey to get an overview of what will be coming.

Preview

Do not read the whole selection. Title/Subtitle; words in large type Headings; words in different colors Images and Captions First sentences of paragraphs

Before You Read

• Guess at the author’s purpose.

Purpose

Three Purposes for Writing (Think PIE!) Persuasive Informative Expressive

Purpose of a College Textbook? People magazine? An article entitled “The President Should Be Ashamed”

Understanding the Author’s purpose can help you make inferences about his or her point of view, assumptions, biases, and beliefs.

Before You Read

•Predict what’s going to happen.

Predict

1. Practice predicting with images and text…

2. Practice predicting based on the first thing you might read in an article or book: the Title.

Interaction 1-6

All Life Matters

Interaction 1-6

All Life

Matters

Interaction 1-6

All Life Matters

Interaction 1-7

“House Fire Kills Five in Connecticut” “Personal Nutrition” “Mormon Church Needs Reform” Diablo III: The Book of Cain “Schistosomiasis Affects 230 Million Each Year” “Big California, Little Fixes” Through My Eyes A movie trailer for The Dark Knight Rises “Last of the Cave People” “50 Years on Everest: The Unsung Heroes of the

World’s Highest Mountain”

Before You Read

• Think about your prior knowledge of the subject matter.

Prior Knowled

ge

Activate your prior knowledge. Natural pattern of learning: fitting what

you are learning about into what you already know.

Mental Strategy: Ask Questions “Icebreaker” – Sharing What You Know

Stage 2: While You are Reading

Casual reader vs. “Dedicated” Reader How to read actively: (Table 1.1 on p.22)

Try to understand what the author is saying Monitor your own comprehension Search for the relevance and significance of

information you are reading Remain open to learning something new

NOTE: I’m here to help with comprehension (as is the textbook), but YOU have to make the choice to be an active reader.

Stage 3: After You Read

Connect back to author’s purpose Did they convince you? What did you learn? Why does it matter?

After-Reading Strategies Think carefully about the ideas you have

read. Talk about the ideas in class or in a study

session. Turn your annotation into notes.

Final Thought: Common Knowledge

When author & reader share prior knowledge, reading becomes easier and comprehension improves.

Understanding background knowledge of author = Cultural Literacy

“Common Knowledge” box in Textbook – what the writers assume you already know.

The more you read, the more knowledge you will hold in common with others!

Schedule for Rest of Class

Group Activity – Plan for Success

5 Minute Break Individual Writing –

Future Dreams “Quiz” Wrap-Up/Homework

Homework

**Get Textbook** Page 6 – Interaction 1-2 Page 11, questions 1-4 - “Talking about Reading”

(handout) Page 23-25 – Interaction 1-9 Make flashcards:

3 purposes for writing 4 things to do before reading Key Terms: Interactivity, Purpose, Active Reader,

Common Knowledge, Comprehension (write a definition in your own words!)

Read Chapter 2, pages 57-87 – Just read, and think! (Don’t do any writing.)