Reading Strategies

The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh (1889)

Scholars: This year you will learn how to "read deeply." Reading deeply means you read a text not just to know and enjoy what happens in the text--"the what"; this type of reading is a "surface reading." A "deep reader" also understands "the why," the author's individual writing technique. All artists--writers, painters, sculptors, dancers, actors, musicians, etc., have their own special technique. Look at Vincent van Gogh's technique in his famous painting, for example.

Understanding "the why" is reading analytically, using your critical thinking skills by asking questions about the text as you read: main idea, purpose, supporting details, etc. 

Use the following strategy every time you read something. In this way, you will become a more analytical, "deep reader." Your reading comprehension will increase and you will become smarter as a result.

ENC1101--Read this Interesting Article About the History of Plagues

Click on the following link: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/coronavirus-pandemic-plagues-history.html

Copy and paste into a Word document. Then print out and read/annotate the article.