Thursday, April 7, 2016

Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Ideas, Events, and Individuals

Athans, Sandra K. and Robin W. Parente. Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Ideas, Events, and Individuals. 2015. 64p. ISBN 978-1-4777-7531-8. Available at 428.4 ATH on the library shelves.




The Common Core Standards have changed the way we read in schools, moving away from literature and concentrating more on informational texts. And these texts require different skill sets to fully understand and appreciate them. Students are now asked to be able to recognize the central ideas that underpin a document, and consider the statements that support and defend these ideas.


This book provides the reader with specific techniques and advice on how to successfully understand and analyze the ideas embedded in both informational and literature texts. Two fiction experts are first taken apart and examined, before two informational pieces, Lincoln’s 1862 address to Congress and Roosevelt’s 1933 inaugural speech, are studied. The authors apply the techniques they described, from looking at the headings and the pictures included with a text to reflecting on their expert understanding of what was just read. The suggestions provided by the authors better prepare the reader for school and career readiness.

This is a great way for readers to refresh their reading techniques as well as acquire new ones and examine how reflecting on their own reading skills can help them become better readers.



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