Sunteți pe pagina 1din 26

Reading response

essay
Is an important tool for students.
It enables you to read critically and to be able to evaluate
what you read in an objective and logical manner .

You should not be ‘accepting’ and ‘agreeing’ with


everything that you read. ( except your
engineering/mathematical formulas )

Have your own stand. Do not be afraid to state your opinions


and substantiate them.

Reflect on your own thinking to formulate a new way of


seeing issues.
Importance of critical
reading
• It is very important to read and think critically.
• There’s so much misinformation esp online.

• There are also nefarious organisations who deliberately


spread falsehoods in order to manipulate or deceive others.

• Equipping ourselves with the right tools will help us


navigate and sift through all the
information/misinformation around us.
Example of misinformation and it affects public


health
https://www.todayonline.com/world/vaccine-reluctance-linked-belief-virus-hoaxes-study?fbclid=IwAR01_ip1-TqXFlFU87R-AL3j5pzn0
DMn7VFI2HclSeHCypxDXVlnV6pa_OQ

• Up to a third of people in certain countries may believe coronavirus


misinformation and in turn be less open to immunization, scientists
said Wednesday (Oct 14).
• Qanon
• Its followers have alleged, without proof, that the coronavirus is a
conspiracy to control people using vaccines.

• What happens if people believe falsehoods and reject the vaccine? It


means that the Covid19 may never be eradicated.
• If we do not read critically, we may fall victim to unproven
conspiracy theories
Reading Critically
• Not only about finding fault with author
• Rather, it about engaging the author in a
discussion by asking questions as you read an
article or essay
• This enables you to filter the information
• More importantly, examine reasons why you
agree or disagree with the author
Purpose of assignment 3
• To understand an author’s main
idea

• To be able to summarize
(paraphrase) the author’s main
ideas

• To be able to respond or react to


what the author has to say

• To support or defend your point of


view with your own opinions and
backed up with additional readings
Assignment 3
• You are required to ‘respond’ to the
articles
• Basically, you state which ideas you
agree and disagree with .
• You need to state your reasons WHY.
Your essay must include
• Logical thoughts and arguments
• Reliable, credible information
• Thoughtful and thought
provoking ideas
• Objective, well supported
reasons
Preparing the Summary
• Start the reader response essay by going
through your summary ( assignment 2)

• This summary must be further


compressed into 100 words. ( or less)
Structuring Your response
•Do you agree with the ideas
mentioned in the article?
• Why or why not?
• Provide evidence to
support your reaction
•What arguments/ideas does
the article omit or ignore?
2 ways to provide evidence
to support your response
Your response requires you to provide
evidence to support your opinion,
whether you agree or disagree with
the author

Consider what sort of evidence will best


support your statements
1. Personal Experience
• Use personal experience as
examples to demonstrate why you
interpret the text the way you do,
why you react the way you do, why
you agree or disagree
2. Evidence from other
texts
• Acceptable to bring in ideas and
information from other texts,
newspapers, news outlets..

• Cite sources if you do use/borrow


material from other sources
Important things to
remember

• Make sure to give reasons why you


agree/disagree
o Give examples, personal experience,
facts, any previous experience or
knowledge you can draw upon to
support your opinion.
best part of reader
response
• There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’
answer.
• As long as you are able to
substantiate your stand with
logical reasons , it is not ‘wrong’.
Activity 7.2 and activity 7.3
• Read the article in 7.2 and complete activity 7.3.

• Activity 7.3- give one reason why you


agree/disagree with the author. Explain your
reason and include an example to support your
point of view.

• Those opinions form the basis of a reader response


essay.
Organisation of a reader
response essay
• Introduction ( 30 words )
o Title
o Author
o Main idea ( in 1 sentence)
o Your stand

• 3 Body paragraphs
o Summary of key points ( 100 words)
o Points you agree with + reasons + evidence/example ( 100 words)
o Points you disagree with + reasons + evidence/example ( 100 words)

• Conclusion ( 30 words)
o Restate main idea
o Summarise your reasons
o Call for action ( optional)
Activity 7.4
• Restructure the essay.

• This is what a reader response essay should look like.


Answer to 7.4
• Introduction ( topic, author, your stand)
• D
• Body paragraph 1 ( summary)
• A
• Body paragraph 2 ( first reason +explanation)
• E ( at first glance…)
• Body paragraph 3 ( second reason +explanation)
• C
• Conclusion paragraph ( restate main idea and summary)
• B
Introduction
• Introduce the text
In ‘Every teacher in America should have a gun’,(title) Steve Siebold
(author) defends his argument that teachers should be required to
carry firearms in American schools. (main idea)

• Your stand
His proposal, however, has potential to create more harm than good and
overlooks the fundamental causes of such tragedies and their
solutions.
Body paragraph 1
(summary)
• In this article, Siebold proposes….
• In support of his argument, Siebold
suggests…
• He further proposes….
• Siebold concludes by arguing that …
Body paragraph 2/3
( your response)
• Point you disagree with
Siebold warns that Americans’ right to bear arms is undermined
by the arguments of anti-firearm groups.

• Reason why you disagree


Yet, access to guns in American remains the central reason why
so many tragic shooting in schools and other public places
continue to occur in America.

• Good arguments that you think the article ignored


Laws that restrict gun access in America are the most practical
and workable solution to prevent more school shooting
tragedies.
Conclusion
• Restate thesis
To conclude, Siebold advocates arming teachers in schools, this
solution he suggests would act as a deterrent and save lives.
• Summarise your reasons
Yet, his argument rests on solving the problem of guns with more
guns, and could lead to more gun-related incidents in schools.
• Call for action
Stopping school shootings requires reducing people’s access to
guns not giving them more.
Organisation of a reader
response essay
• Introduction ( 30 words )
o Title
o Author
o Main idea ( in 1 sentence)
o Your stand

• 3 Body paragraphs
o Summary of key points ( 100 words)
o Point you disagree/agree with + reasons + evidence/example ( 100 words)
o Point you agree/disagree with + reasons + evidence/example ( 100 words)

• Conclusion ( 30 words)
o Restate main idea
o Summarise your reasons
o Call for action ( optional)
In a nutshell
• It is your job actively  question what
you read.  Do not just passively agree
with the articles.

• Reflect on your own thinking to


formulate a new way of seeing things
Content & organisation (50%)
Language (50%)

A  Has cogent and incisive analysis that reflects full understanding of source material.
 Shows original insight.
 Reasons provided are clear and well substantiated.
 Able to incorporate elements of compare contrast and cause effect.
 Elements of reflection are clearly demonstrated.
 Able to draw from personal experience and external readings.
 Well-written and well-organised, with a clear statement of thesis.
 Each paragraph has a clear topic sentence.
 Language is clear, strong and free from errors.

B  Demonstrates that student has read the source material and understand its main arguments,
but lacks analytical insights.
 Good attempt to provide reasons but not very well substantiated.
 Good attempt to incorporate elements of compare contrast and cause effect.
 Good attempt at reflective writing.
 Good attempt to draw from personal experience and external readings.
 Somewhat well written and organised.
 Thesis statement is present but not very strongly worded.
 Each paragraph has a topic sentence.
 Language is generally clear.

C  Demonstrates that student has read the source material and tried to understand its main
arguments.
 Some attempt to provide reasons but not very well substantiated.
 Some attempt to incorporate elements of compare contrast and cause effect.
 Some attempt at reflective writing.
 Some attempt to draw from personal experience and external readings.
 Not very well written and organised.
 Thesis statement is present but vague.
 Some paragraphs lack a topic sentence.
 Language is acceptable but there are clear grammatical errors throughout.

D/F  Demonstrates partial or no mastery of the material.


 Feeble attempt to provide reasons but not very well substantiated.
 Feeble attempt to incorporate elements of compare contrast and cause effect.
 Feeble attempt at reflective writing.
 Feeble attempt to draw from personal experience and external readings.
 Poorly written and poorly organised.
 Thesis statement is missing.
 Topic sentences for paragraphs are missing.
 Language is poor.

S-ar putea să vă placă și