- Take notes on the main plot action in the chapter.
- Pay attention to how old Bourdain is and what his stories tell us about the type of person he appears to be portraying.
- Writerly tip:
- Use an adjective to identify the type of device it is (rhyming, visual, numerical, ...) Click on this link to review the names of different devices...
- Ex.: The acronym PRE is a simple device for remembering three fundamental parts of a body paragraphs structure: point, reason, and example.
Active Reading Skills (all smart writers take their time to study and dissect what they're reading)
- Pay close attention to, pose questions, and break down any text that comes one’s way by doing the following:
- Highlighters can be good friends
- Take Notes in a notebook as you read
- Use the margins of a text | all available white space of a page
- Create a running commentary of emotions
- Pose questions
- Pull out the main concept / restate main word from a paragraph
- Note where ideas shift at beginnings of new paragraphs (chart the author’s "progression of thesis"!)
- Re-title the piece or its sections for your own reflective understanding
- At end of reading text, in white space at end of chapter/piece, or in your class notebook:
- What is the major plot point? (good in literature to ask)
- What were major examples to pull from piece?
- What lesson did the main character learn?
- What things did I learn from the piece?
- other ideas that you were inspired to come up with...
- Compare and contrast/transfer your knowledge: in your notebook or in the margins, it's also a good strategy to connect what you read to the outside world.
- Examples: Anthony Bourdain reminds me of...? When X happened to Bourdain, it was like when I read about/watched Y, which makes me think Z!
- Dictionaries can be your BFF; build your vocabulary
- Jot down/highlight those words you are not sure of as you read. Then, look them up and put the definition in context of the reading.
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