Appendix II: Reading Strategies

Active Reading Strategies Kennesaw State Writing Center, “Reading Like a Professional”

• Tips and methods for reading actively

Common Misconceptions About Writing Ball & Loewe, Bad Ideas About Writing

• Open-access textbook detailing common misconceptions about writing
• Includes information about
  • “good” writing and writers
  • genres
  • techniques, style, usage, and grammar
  • assessment
  • writing and digital technology

Evaluating the Important Voices Bernnard, et al., “6.1: Evaluating the Important Voices” (from “Ch. VI: Joining the Academic Conversation” of Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research)

• distinguishing between information sources
• choosing materials
• identifying key points and arguments
• evaluating one’s findings

Purpose, Audience, Tone and Content (Intersections of) Kennesaw State University Writing Center, “Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content”

• Identifying common academic purposes
• Articulating audience, tone, and content
• Applying these concepts to specific assignments

Reading and Responding Critically Robinson, et al., “Introduction to Ch. 1: Building on What You Already Know to Respond Critically” (from Writing Guide with Handbook)

• Using the rhetorical situation as a heuristic to read and respond critically to others’ writing

Reading and Responding Critically, Sample Student Work Robinson, et al., “Ch. 1.4: Annotated Student Sample: Social Media Post and Responses on Voter Suppression” (from Writing Guide with Handbook)

• Student model illustrating fundamental principles of a critical reading response

Reading Journal Articles Kennesaw State University Writing Center, “Art of Reading a Journal Article: Methodically and Effectively”

• How and why to read journal articles, including a description of some common journal article types

Working with Source Texts Amy Guptill, “Listening to Sources, Talking to Sources” (from Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence)

• Incorporating sources, listening to sources, providing context for sources, and using sources efficiently