LEARNING OUTCOME 3 FOR ENG 110:
Be able to employ techniques of active reading, critical reading, and informal reading responses for inquiry, learning, and thinking.
ANNOTATIONS:
Ethics and the New Genetics Essay by Rhys Southan Annotations
How Painting Can Transform Communities TED Talk by Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas Annotations
As writer Susan Gilroy once said, “Annotating puts you actively and immediately in a ‘dialogue’ with an author and the issues and ideas you encounter in a written text”. Annotating is an essential part to thoroughly comprehending a reading. It allows one to ask questions and connect with the text more. Throughout ENG 110, annotating our readings has allowed me to actively and critically read more than I had before. When I start a reading the things I try to pick out are the main points, questions I have, and things I find interesting or can relate to. Usually I will read the article twice to make sure I marked up all of the things I wanted to as well. If I don’t understand a section or if it is very brief, I might try to reason out or elaborate on what the author is trying to say. I will usually use a pen to make comments and underline, and a highlighter to highlight what I think the most important parts of the text are. I decided to mark something as important or as a main point if the content was discussed a lot. I would also mark it important if I thought the quote could be utilized later for my paper or homeworks. I think throughout the year my annotations have improved and I have been able to learn how to narrow down my markings to what is useful and important. Gilroy made it a big point that asking questions is important and I agree with her statement. Going forward, I will continue to ask questions and think critically when reading a text.
INFORMAL READING RESPONSE:
Above is one of the informal reading response homeworks that I completed this year. After annotating we were often asked to answer questions and apply critical thinking to the articles. I would use some of the quotes I marked to analyze what the question was asking. I think after taking ENG 110, I have learned how to critically answer questions better.
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