MELC 2 Critical Reading Strategiesjai

Senior
High
School
CRITICAL
READING
STRATEGIES
Ma’am Syralyn Ann Sanchez
Senior
High
School
Let us Pray….
Objectives
After you have gone through this module, you are expected to:
Understand what Critical Reading

04
Strategies are;
Apply knowledge of Critical
05
Reading Strategies
QUESTION
HOW DO YOU READ?
DO YOU HAVE STRATEGIES
EMPLOYED WHEN YOU ARE
READING?
CRITICAL READING
STRATEGIES
Reading academic texts requires focus and
understanding. You have to interact with the
texts by questioning its assumptions,
responding to its arguments, and connecting it
to real-life experiences and applications.
Critical or reflective reading helps you
identify the key arguments presented by
the author and analyze concepts
presented in the text.
BEFORE
READING
1. Determine which type of academic text you are reading.
Academic Texts Description

Articles Published in scholarly journals, this type
of academic text offers results of research
and development that can either impact
the academic community or provide
relevance to nation-building.
Conference Papers These are papers presented in scholastic

conferences, and may be revised as
articles for possible publication in
scholarly journals.
Reviews These provide evaluation or reviews of
works published in scholarly journals.
Theses, Dissertations These are personal researches written by
a candidate for a college or university
degree.
2. Determine and establish your purpose for reading.
3. Identify the author’s purpose for writing.
4. Predict or infer the main idea or argument of the
text based on its title.
5. Identify your attitude towards the author and the
text.
6. State what you already know and what you want
to learn about the topic.
7. Determine the target audience.
8. Check the publication date for relevance. It
should have been published at most five years
earlier than the current year.
9. Check the reference list while making sure
to consider the correctness of the formatting
style.
10. Use a concept map or graphic organizer to
note your existing ideas and knowledge on
the topic.
DURING READING
Annotate important parts of the text.

Annotating a text can help you
determine essential ideas or
information, main ideas or arguments,
and new information or ideas.
Here are some ways to annotate a text:
1. Write key words or phrases on the margins in
bullet forms.
2. Write something on the page margin where
important information is found.
3. Write brief notes on the margin.
4. Write questions on information that you find
confusing.
5. Write what you already know about the ideas.
6. Write the limitations of the author’s arguments.
7. Write notes on the reliability of the text.
8. Comment on the author’s biases
9. Underline or circle meanings or definitions.
10. Mark or highlight relevant/ essential parts of
the text.
11. Use context clues to define unfamiliar terms.
12. Determine the main idea of the text.
AFTER READING
1. Reflect on what you learn.
2. React on some parts of the text through writing.
3. Discuss some parts with your teacher or
classmates.
4. Link the main idea of the text to what you
already know.
OTHER READING STRATEGIES
1. SQ3R METHOD OF READING – stands for Survey
(Skim), Question, Read, Recite (or Recall), Review.
SURVEY
- Skim the target text
- Check the headings and tables, diagrams or
figures presented in the text.
- Read the first few and last sentences of the text to
determine information.
- Get a feel of the text.
QUESTION
- Annotate the headings with your
questions.
- Develop questions on the types of
information you expect from the text.
READ
- Look for answers to your question as you
read the text.
- Stop and slow down if the passage is not
clear.
- Make sure to proceed reading only when
you already understand the previous texts.
RECITE
- Recount the main points of the text.
- Recall by writing a summary or synthesis
based on what you understand of the text.
- Highlight or underline the important
points you read.
REVIEW
- After finishing the text, go back and re-
read the questions you wrote and see if you
can answer them; if not refresh your
memory.
- Evaluate what you learned to ensure that
you are convinced and satisfied with the
information presented in the text.
KWL METHOD – it guides you in reading
and understanding a text. To apply KWL,
simply make a table with three columns.
K W L
What I What I What I have
(K)now (W)ant to (L)earned
Learn
Why do you think
knowing Critical Reading
Strategies are important?
GROUP
ACTIVITY
Form a group of five and read
the text entitled “Do We Tweet
Differently From Our Mobile
Devices? A Study of Language
Differences on Mobile and
Web-Based Twitter Platforms
and answer the following
questions.
● What do you think is the implication of this new
knowledge on how you use twitter?
● Do you think one’s personality affects the use of technology?

Or do you think technology affects one’s personality? Why?
● How does this knowledge affect your notions about twitter

users?
Thank
you for
listening
!
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Understand what Critical Reading

Academic Texts Description

Conference Papers These are papers presented in scholastic

Annotate important parts of the text.

● Do you think one’s personality affects the use of technology?

● How does this knowledge affect your notions about twitter

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