Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Strong Reading
Strong reading involves more than simply reading a passage, essay, novel, textbook, etc. It is the act of understanding what you have read and interpreting the meaning behind it. Highlighting, re-reading , and writing in the margin the things that you found difficult or worth reconsidering are ways to make yourself a stronger reader. Once you have read the words of the author, use your experiences as a person to make of the text as you will. I believe that to be a strong reader you need to take the time to read a passage once, twice, multiple times until you have completely grasped what you believe the author was trying to project. To be a strong reader involves work and the want to learn.
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You are definitely correct about strong reading involving work--you work on the text. The other thing strong reading allows a student to do is to take control/make a piece their own. That is, instead of merely summarizing the argument or thinking with the author, it allows the reader to extend a an author's argument. This is different than trying to figure out what the author "meant."
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