This section of the ELA Ascent (A) course is laser-focused on improving your reading strategies. By the end of this unit, you will need to read and annotate a scientific article, demonstrating that you can:
Choose and apply reading strategies
Evaluate the main ideas or themes
Analyze context, point of view, and purpose
Analyze craft
π§ Before you're ready to read critically,Β you will need to know what exactly that means. Please watch the video to the right that explains not only what you're supposed to do, but why you're supposed to do it.
π‘ Use the checklist in "Step 2" to help you make sure that your annotation does what it needs to do.
π‘ If you need more information about reading strategies, check out the Reading Resources page.