reading for gist with identity

8/14/2019 Reading for Gist With Identity

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While reading for gist


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What is gist?

When we have gist, what can we do

with it?Does having more gist help us thanhaving less of it?

How can gist be applied to differentquestion types?

If a gist falls in a forest but no one is

there to hear it, does it make asound?


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Possible strategies to apply for an overallunderstanding of a text to write down in a

minute (Aebersold and Field 1997):Note the key words in the first sentence of theparagraph or text

Decide which word(s) announces the main topicand aspects of that topicNote if there is a sentence that states aprobable main idea

Note the most important words from eachsentence as you read

Look for examples that illustrate ideas statedearlier

Look for a sentence that concludes a particularaspect of a topicLook for words that indicate a change in the

kind of information


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O make me a mask and a wall to shut from your

spiesOf the sharp, enamelled eyes and the

spectacled claws

Rape and rebellion in the nurseries of my face,

Gag of a dumbstruck tree to block from bareenemies

The bayonet tongue in this undefended

prayerpiece,The present mouth, and the sweetly blown

trumpet of lies,

Shaped in old armour and oak the countenance

of a dunce


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Get into the 5 groups of your assigned group

leader.The group leader facilitates all discussion thattakes place and you must follow according toher requests.

If she wants to finish with discussion about one

question or point, let her do so, or concludeyour thoughts.

The role you play as a group member is youcan make the discussion much more rich andmeaningful by the perspective you have of the

article.Group members are free to comment on whateach other says, but the group leaderdetermines what comments are appropriate.Be careful with what you say, as the groupleader will be noting down what everyone


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Next class will address reading for fact vs. opinion, and the topic for nextclass will be evolution or intelligent design? Each ofthe group leaders

will be assigned to find an article from academic sources only. If yourauthor lacks any of the following by his/her name, DO NOT use it: a Dr.before the name, or a Ph.D., M.D., etc. after the name. Each group leader

will be assigned to find an article on one of the below. Except for #5, yourarticle can only concentrate on one of the two theories. It CANNOT

start for/against one theory, then the rest of the article talks only about the

other theory:2.An article FOR evolution

3.An article AGAINST evolution

4.An article FOR intelligent design

5.An article AGAINST intelligent design

6.An article evaluating BOTH evolution AND intelligent designSpades and the Joker are group leaders.

Group members should consider (but not limited by) the followingquestions as they write their journal on the article: how explicit is the

authors opinion about evolution/intelligent design? When support is given, isit self-justifying or independent? What do you find difficult as you read the

article and you consider your own views about evolution/intelligent design?

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