For today's blog discussion, I want everyone to choose one handout over the reading, writing, or critical thinking process from the Handouts folder in the class Google Drive. Choose a different one than those already chosen by your peers. There are enough posted for everyone to do a different handout.
For the handout, I want you to read it, write a brief description over what the purpose of the handout is, and then answer the following questions:
1. What type of writer would this handout help?
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
These questions and the brief description are due tomorrow by noon.
Any questions, just E-mail
Here is a link to the handout folder:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B53NUyxkRNkNVmRkSXFfWVhOdVE&usp=sharing
--- 21 Tips for Reading---
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this handout it was short and simple to understand. Some of the tips managed to stick with me, like how I said in the question I learned I shouldn't be moving my lips or face or finger while reading. These are ALL things I usually do while I read. This handout really helped me understand how to approach reading.
1. What type of writer would this handout help?
- This would help the people that have issues with reading.
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
- I feel this article will come in handy in the first stage of the writing process.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
- It sort of explains the whole reading process.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
- I learned that I shouldn't be moving my lips, face, or finger while reading. These are all things I do while reading.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
- I really like how this article was developed, it was easy to understand and straight forward, to make it better I would say maybe add some tips on writing as well.
***Reading to Write***
ReplyDeleteI like this handout. In my own opinion I would prefer everybody to read it. It gives different ideas of strategies to use for Reading/Writing process. This handout helps me understand the concept of my reading by using Reading and Writing Strategies.
1. What type of writer would this handout help?
- This handout will help student writers.
2. In what stage of writing process would this handout come in handy?
- This handout would come in handy in the first stage of the Writing process.
3.How does this handout approach the Reading/Writing process?
- It approaches the Reading/Writing process by demonstrating better strategies to use.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
- I learned that there's more Reading and Writing strategies that could help me put my reading to writing.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
- I like this handout, it explains some strategies that I use. I would add more writing strategies.
*Getting to Know your Textbook*
ReplyDeleteThis handout was very helpful. It shows that you need to get familiar with your textbook for you to understand it more. It generates questions about the title, author, index, glossary, pictures, and the chapters and basically highlights all the important things about a textbook that you should get to know.
1. What type of writer would this handout help?
It would be helpful towards someone that doesn't understand their textbook.
2. In what stage of writing process would this handout come in handy?
Research, or when your quoting from a book.
3.How does this handout approach the Reading/Writing process?
It generates questions about the context that is helping you write your paper.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
That i should get more familiar with my textbooks so i can understand what their about.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
Maybe reasons why the questions its asking are important or proof that it can help you out.
*Active Reading Strategies*
ReplyDeleteThis article is about some reading strategies that are very helpful for all the students to understand what they are reading. I particulary like this article because i was unfamiliar with some of this ideas. I think it is very helpful and well exaplained.
1.What type of writer would this handout help?
-it would help any person who has troubles in understand the meaning of a reading.
2.In what stage of writing process would this handout come in handy?
-i think this article would came in the first stage of the writing process
3.How does this handout approach Reading/Writing process?
-this reading approach the Reading/Writing process by given a lot of strategies in order to understand the reading.
4.What new idea /concept didi I learn from this article?
-that it is better to make my own notes or comments instead of use a highlighter.
5.What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
- I think it would be a good idea to show a example of each of the strategies that are mentioned in the article.
****Reading College Text****
ReplyDeleteThis article is about understanding you college reading course. It tells me that every student is at their own level. Something if you're one of those student that doesn't quite understand the material it show you ways/strategies on how you can success in the course. Shows you how to "preview chapters","read for detail", etc. Personally I think this article gives you straight out easy strategies that can help you success in the course.
1. What type of writer would this handout help?
-Students that have difficulties in reading/writing courses.
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
-I think in every stage because it show strategies that can be very useful in every stage.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
-Shows a lot of strategies for students low reading/vocabulary understandings.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
-That there is lot of things that can help you pass or make your course easier.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
-It shows a lot about reading strategies and maybe it will be better if it also showed a bit more of writing strategies.
*Independent Reading Organizer*
ReplyDelete1.What type of writer would this handout help?
-A person that needs a little more help to write and understand the meaning of the word or the article
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
- First Stage
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
-helps you defined the words/reading to understand more or know the meaning
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
-In this handout I learned that I could spread out different words or sentence for I to know the meaning of what I’m reading
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
-Needs more questions to figure out what you what to know
The article was about the different strategies that a reader/writer may use to be able to understand a reading.
ReplyDelete(How to read a textbook)
1)What type of writer would this handout help?
This type of handout will help a reader/writer that needs some tips tp able to understand what he/she is reading.
2) In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
This handout will come in handy on stage two, or even under stage one. All of he information that this article has is very useful.
3) How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
This handout approches the reading process in the way that it gives strategies to improve someone.s writing.
4) What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
The new ideas/concept that i learned from this article is that there is always going to be a way to be be able to understand whatever it is that were reading, the biggest strategy here is that one should take notes.
5) What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
After reading the article i realized tat it doesn't need anything else because it expresses every main idea clearly.
*How to Read a Scientific Research Paper -- a four step guide for students and for faculty.*
ReplyDeleteThis handout is about understanding scientific research papers. In my opinion is so useful because it help us to know how to read a scientific paper in an easy way (4 step guide) especially to students that often struggle with this, I think it focuses more in those students in science majors.
1.- What type of writer would this handout help?
This handout will help students and faculty that have issues reading scientific papers.
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
In my opinion this article would come in handy in the first stage or even in the second stage of the writing process.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
This handout approach the reading process by giving some steps for an easy way to understand scientific papers (for example by looking for words that you dont understand in a biological or medical dictionary)
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
I learned that is important skim the paper quickly and find out words and looking in the dictionary, underline to understand and summarize is so helpful when we are reading a scientific paper.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic? I think that this is a good article because explains in an esay way and is very detailed. I would add an example of a real scientific research paper.
Verbal visual work Association-
ReplyDeleteThis paper is helpful for writers that are visual learners. The purpose of the paper is to make the writers to make a word that is hard to learn to make it easy. The point is that they write down the definition, description and the most important the visual representation to make them easy to recognize the word.
1. What type of writer would this handout help? A visual writer
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy? It's just a page so students can carry them to wherever class they want.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process? This handout help to the writers that have problem with hard vocabulary, with this handout the writers can learn verbal term more easily.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout? I learn that i can use this kind of handout for classes, like history. I think is very helpful in history because we learn concepts that may be more easily to remember visually.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic? I think that the format is okey, but if it is possible to add more squares to add more definitions. Its a very helpful handout
Helping College Tutors Define Reading and Mold Active Learners
ReplyDelete1. What type of writer would this handout help?
-this handout would help the type of writer that does not like to read a lot
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
-when it comes to the part of reading articles to find information on your topic
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
-it helps not to get frustrated when reading a long article
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
-i learned that its better to look for an abstract or summary of the article to help you understand better than reading from the first page and finish reading and not have an idea of what you just read
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
i think this handout does not need anything more it gives a very detailed tips on how to read some articles that some of the readers would find hard to read or understand
Reading to Write
ReplyDelete1. What type of writer would this handout help? When coming with ideas in writing, how to write notes that can be useful to use for later on in work.
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy? The first to last pages from the reading that you have wrote about it because it helps with the start of the ideas and at the end when refereeing to your notes to add things to your writing that you got from the reading from any assignment.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process? It approaches both because when reading you’re writing about the readings you have read. It keeps it more organized.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout? Skimming isn’t always a bad thing when reading. Take the most important things out is what counts. Also the author is also important, sometime I forget about the author and not really care and this article has help me to remember the little things do count. Rereading is also helpful because you can process the reading better.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic? The calendar topic was pretty interesting.
maximize comprehension my marking your text
ReplyDelete1. What type of writer would this handout help? when you need to come back and find out what type of ideas the paragraph is talking about so you can use context close to find out your answer.
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy? on stage one it will be more handy for the writer to understand in what he is coming to come across.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process? This handout approaches the reader because when he reads the paragraph and he underlines the most important parts of the story he could go back and see what he just read and not be confuse.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout? I have learned from this handout that you need to use context clues or underline important points of the handout so it could be easier for you to understand.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
Another thing that could be helpfull on this handout could be put little summaries on each paragraph you read so you could analyze what you have barely read
Reading to Write
ReplyDeleteI believe that this handout is very help and it gives different ideas of strategies to use for Reading/Writing process. This handout helps me understand the concept of my reading by using Reading and Writing Strategies.
1. What type of writer would this handout help?
it would any students having struggles with reading and it would be an improvement to yourself
2. In what stage of writing process would this handout come in handy?
This handout would come in handy in the first stage of the Writing process.
3.How does this handout approach the Reading/Writing process?
it approaches the reading/writing in how they use the strategies into the reading
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
I learned that there's more Reading and Writing strategies that could help me put my reading to writing.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
I like this handout do the fact that it has a lot of explanation in using many strategies in order to help your reading to writing.
writting a thesis statement
ReplyDelete1. What type of writer would this handout help?
students who have trouble with their thesis
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?I think on stage 2
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
It helps the students start a writing without confusing themself
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
It is not hard to make the thesis without confusing anything
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
I think this handout has everything it needs
Parallel Structure
ReplyDelete-its is about the meaning of it and where it can happen and how.
1.what type of writer would this handout help?
-students having trouble with sentence structure
2.in what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
-I think stage 1
3.how does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
-it helps students improve their sentence structure
4.what new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
-different ways I can structure my sentences
5.what else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
-this handout basically said everything
~~To Summarize~~
ReplyDelete1. What type of writer would this handout help?
-This handout would help beginner writers.
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
-I think this handout would be most useful in Stage 1.
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
-It helps a writer understand the article and how to summarize it to be able to focus on the major points in an article.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
-I learned what the basic concept of summarizing is expected from Professors.
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
-A few examples or pictures would be more helpful for students who are visual learners.
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ReplyDelete--How to read academic texts critically--
ReplyDelete1. What type of writer would this handout help?
Beginners
2. In what stage of the writing process would this handout come in handy?
A stage 2 at least
3. How does this handout approach the reading/writing process?
It does cover how to interpret and search for relevant themes about this.
4. What new idea/concept did I learn from this handout?
To understand the academic texts in the other way
5. What else could be helpful to add to this handout in regards to adding more to the handout topic?
Just a few picture and more clear subject.