When you are done reading or viewing, go to your notebook and reflect on the information you learned from the text. You can do this by follow these steps:
You sum up the main points when you briefly rephrase in your own words what you have read/viewed/listened to.
Here are examples of questions you may ask yourself when you are summing up the main points:
To analyze and interpret, here’s what you need to do:
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Read between the lines |
Identify the author’s intention |
Rate text quality |
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Here are examples of questions you may ask yourself when you are:
“What does it mean?”
“Is there a deeper meaning?”
“What are the intentions of the authors/creators?”
“What is the message that I must understand?”
“What are the themes that I have to explore?”
“What made the message easy or challenging to understand?”
You reflect and evaluate when you:
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Ask yourself questions to see if you connected to the text/media.
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Try to go deeper in your understanding by asking yourself “what if” questions.
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Try to figure out the important message from the text.
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Express your personal opinion using structure and some sort of grading system (stars, thumbs up or down, etc).
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Try to see if this story reminds you of anything happening in the real world.
To reflect and evaluate:
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Ask yourself |
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How did you connect to… |
… the text? |
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Does it remind you of something that happened… |
… to you? |
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What if…? |
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Express and structure your opinion using |
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Clear and organized paragraphs |
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A grading system to grade your likes or dislikes: |
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Try and figure out the |
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Here are examples of questions you may ask yourself:
“How does this story remind me of something I experienced in my own life?”
“How do I connect with the characters or share some of their feelings?”
"How would the ending change if the story were different?"
"If I met a character, what would I ask him/her?"
“What did I learn from this?”
“What could I do differently after reading this?”
“Would I recommend this to a friend? Why or why not?”
“How can I make connections between what I have learned and what is going on in the world?”
