trategies we introduced in Chapter 1.Summarize the source:

A bibliography

Starting with one of your sources, use notecards or sticky notes to write out ONE idea or major claim from your summary.

AND/OR

popular sources

How,” “Why,” “In what ways,” or “To what extent,” in a way that elicits a conversati

issue i

Draft your Inquiry Question

open-ended questions

What are some personal experiences you have that relate to larger social issues?

cultivates children’s authentic curiosity at a young age.

The more relevant the issue and/or the population is to you, the researcher, the more meaningful the reading, research, and writing process will be.

As college students on the threshold of the academic community, many of you probably think that research is about finding answers to a question given to you by your professor.

Fine-Tuning

By focusing on high order concerns, you will spend more time reworking your writing since these concerns change the structure and content, organization and development your writing in your paper, all of which effect your audience’s understanding of your argument.

Please be careful not to fall in love with your writing. We all do it from time to time because we spent time and energy creating and perhaps are not able to envision the paper from another perspective.

. Revision is the real work

Take breaks to avoid being overwhelmed and losing focus.

Students often claim that is when they do their best writing

Accepting all offers means to be open to the feedback you are receiving, which you take and then evaluate it to see if and how you will use in your revision plan.

“storyline” or arc of your essay before starting your research or drafting your body paragraphs.

take 5 minutes to plan the “storyline” or arc of your essay before starting your research or drafting your body paragraphs.

Read your thesis statement and the body of your paper for this assignment and based on what you have written, write out some ideas about what you might include in your introduction and conclusion in consideration of the assignment and you audience.

create a list of them.

In at least 100 words, please explain the process you go through when you write a paper. What steps do you take to move from beginning, middle, and end of a writing assignment?(required)

the recursive—that is, a process than can be used repeatedly—writing process. Now that Dan has taken you through the reading process, before I take you through these steps, let me share with you what you will learn from engaging with the writing process.

lsthestudent’screativity andresponsibilityforcon-structinghisorherownwrittenlanguageandreadingthislanguage

yheadsofthelearnerswithhisorherwords

aste of their language.

. On the contrary, all this was proposed to the students’ curiosityin a

thick trunks

childhood,tryingtounderstandmyactofreadingtheparticularworldinwhichImoved,permitmetosayagain,Ire-created,re-livedinthe textIwaswritingtheexperienceIlivedatatimewhenIdidnotyetreadwords.Andsomething emergedwhichseemsrelevanttothegeneralcontextofthese reflections.Irefertomyfearofghosts.The presenceofghostsamonguswasapermanenttopicofgrown-upconversationinthetimeofmychildhood.Ghosts neededdark-nessorsemi-darknessinordertoappearundertheirvariousforms —wail-ingthepainoftheirguilt;laughinginmockery;askingforprayers;indicatingwheretheircaskwas hidden.Now,probablyuntilIwas sevenyearsold,theRecifeneighborhoodwhereIwasbornwasilluminatedbygaslightslined upwithacertaindignityinthestreets.Atnightfall,theelegantlampsgavethemselvestothemagicwandofthelamplighters.At thedoorofmyhouseIusedtoaccompanythethin figureofmystreet’slamplighterfromafarashewentfromlamptolampinarhythmicgait,thelightingtaperoverhisshoulder.Itwasafragilelight,morefragileeventhanthe lightofthelampwehadinsidethehouse;theshadows overcamethe lightmorethanthe lightdis-pelledtheshadows.There wasnobetterenvironmentforghostlypranksthanthat one.Irememberthenightsinwhich,envelopedbymy ownfears,Iwaitedfortimetopass,forthenighttoend,fordawn'sdemi-lighttoarrivebringingwithitthesongofthemorningbirds.Inmorning'slightmynightfearsendedup bysharpeningmyperceptionofnumerousnoiseswhichwerelostinthebrightnessand bustleofdaytimebutmysteriously underscoredinnight’s deepsilence. AsIbecamefamiliar withmyworld,however,asIperceivedandunderstooditbetterbyreadingit,myterrorsdiminished.Itisimportanttoaddthatreadingmyworld,alwaysbasictome,didnotmake me growupprematurely,arationalistinboy’s clothing.Exercisingmyboy’s curiositydid not distortit,nordidunderstanding myworld causemetoscorntheenchanting mysteryofthatworld.InthisIwas aided rather than discouragedbymyparents.Itwas preciselymyparentswho introduced metoreadingthewordatacertainmomentinthis richexperienceofunderstanding my immediateworld. Decipheringtheword flowed naturally from reading myparticularworld;itwas notsomething superimposedonit.Ilearnedtoreadand

squashing.Animals were equally part of that context — the way the family catsrubbed themselves coyly against our legs, their mewing of entreaty oranger; the ill-humor of Joli, my father’s old black dog, when one of the catscarelessly approached too near to where he was eating what was his. In=tetearSacastterdaakonBnicksedeUeataatPee

wider process of human development

are inter-related reading strategies

Mind Maps

active reader

I demonstrate various ways that I continue to develop as a reader.

Schema-building: What does “reading” mean to you? Who are you as a reader? How would you describe your reading process?(required)

multiple ways of thinking, learning, and expressing ourselves

Persistence

After reading Writing in Academic Communities, describe a situation when you found yourself in a new "Discourse Community." How did it feel? Did you feel that you had to conform, or that you could be yourself? What cues, conventions, or standards of that Discourse Community made you feel that way?

“moves”

Skimming

follow-up after reading as well

For example, annotating on screen

The best way to make a positive impression is to show interest in or curiosity for what your professor is interested in. So ask questions

I offered her extra time to complete her assignments, she kindly refused, holding tightly to her work ethic

Before reading the narratives below, why do YOU think individual experience is important

Every premise in this text up until now is based on the importance of one’s experience to who they are as a learner, reader, and writer.

which will help you thrive in all parts of your life.

some of our students come into our classes every semester and proclaim that “Reading and writing is not for them,” or “Literature is not my thing.”

Growth Mindse

What do you believe your learning style is

where they are not engaged, they are bored, and they become passively complacent about learning.

ZPD to the Zone of Appropriate Challenge and Growth.

annotate using hypothes.is to make sense of new information and perspectives, and add that information to your preexisting knowledge, which we call “building your schema,” which then helps you make connections to other texts and your own experiences.

teachers are being forced

. The reason is simple: because a single test cannot test everybody’s abilities

deliberative, critical, and “metacognitive” approach

act of reading after that, except as a chore for school that it usually becomes around junior high.

radically progressive way of teaching,

rights were being massively exploited, largely because they were uneducated

Good; the teachers were engaging but I mostly went through the motions

importance of questioning. Kohn argues that questioning is how students learn best, and challenges the old school learning model, where “Students are expected to do whatever they’re told, to accommodate themselves to a curriculum that was created by adults who never met them”

as opposed to knowledge or information delivered from the top (where teachers deliver a lecture).

proven to work best actively and collaboratively

There are dozens of theories about learning,

What is learning, and how do we learn best?

In fact, one premise of this book is that all meaningful reading and writing is personally motivated in some way

the metaphor and real experience of a journey

reflect

Prepare your mindset to be flexible

ode meshing

stretching the possibilities of English

transformation of your consciousness