Reading Strategies

Overcoming the Syntax Barrier

Have you ever asked a novice reader to read and

By monica|2022-01-15T22:33:03-05:00January 21st, 2019|Reading Strategies|Comments Off

How to Effectively Summarize a Chapter in Fiction

When reading a fictional story, students must master the ability

By monica|2022-01-07T02:21:56-05:00January 17th, 2019|Fictional Text|Comments Off

How to Uncover a Story’s Theme Message

Tracking the Theme The heart of the story is its

By monica|2021-12-21T21:34:09-05:00July 5th, 2016|Fictional Text|Comments Off

* 9 Hints to Uncovering Theme

While a fictional story is written to delight and inspire,

By monica|2021-12-21T08:43:57-05:00July 5th, 2016|Fictional Text|Comments Off

A Paragraph’s Structure or Patterns of Development

In nonfictional passages, a paragraph's structure or patterns of development

By monica|2021-12-21T21:50:48-05:00July 5th, 2016|Informational Text|Comments Off

Finding the Central Idea in Informational Text: FCI™

Understanding the Central Idea in informational text is a deliberate

By monica|2021-01-28T11:19:07-05:00June 17th, 2016|Informational Text|Comments Off

Critical Thinking is the analysis and evaluation of facts to form accurate understanding and judgment. It’s an active command by which the reader is mindfully aware of her thinking—how it changes and evolves as she reads. During reading, she knows when her understanding is on point and when it’s faulty; importantly, she knows how to keep adjusting her thinking to become “one with the author.”

A critical thinker in reading

(1) must be able to follow an author’s logical development of ideas, which means moving with the author: identifying key connections within and among paragraphs, recognizing relationships among ideas, and making shifts when necessary,

(2) must be able to interpret what is literally said and implied to attain accurate comprehension, and

(3) must be able to gather information from different points of the text and/or from multiple texts and synthesize.

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Critical Thinking is the analysis and evaluation of facts to form accurate understanding and judgment. It’s an active command by which the reader is mindfully aware of her thinking—how it changes and evolves as she reads. During reading, she knows when her understanding is on point and when it’s faulty; importantly, she knows how to keep adjusting her thinking to become “one with the author.”

A critical thinker in reading

(2) must be able to interpret what is literally said and implied to attain accurate comprehension, and

(3) must be able to gather information from different points of the text and/or from multiple texts and synthesize.

– Monica Knighton, M.Ed.

CONTACT ME

Use this form to contact me regarding any questions you may have.

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