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Why do I have to read?
Why do I have to read?
As Stephen King once said, " Books are uniquely portable magic." When you read, you develop and strengthen your critical thinking skills. This helps you better communicate your own original thinking across all subjects.
Your Choice
Your Choice
Got a book you just can't time find to read? Has it been a minute since you read something you wanted to read? Here's your chance.
In addition to what we read as a whole-class (or book group), you will be reading books of your own choosing and genre all semester long.
Novel, biography, memoir, essay, speech, short story, poetry, non-fiction text - you decide. Want to know how landscapers and architects built Fenway Park? There's a book for that. Always wanted to read the sequel to your favorite novel? Now there's time to do that! Whatever you choose, it should be something you like - something you enjoy - something that you don't mind exploring whenever you have some free time.
Build Your Stack
Build Your Stack
Your goal this semester is to always be reading. As you "build your stack"- an ever growing list of books you have read- you'll demonstrate competency as a self-directed learner and set yourself up for success in the semester-end assessment.
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Take Time to Read Every Day
Take Time to Read Every Day
Take time to read each day - free of distractions. With just 20 minutes of dedicated focused reading each day, you'll improve your capacity for focus. You'll also improve your comprehension. Make it a habit and change your world!
What's the big deal?
What's the big deal?
Reading helps you become a better person. Really? Yes. Check it out with this great video from John Green and Crash Course.
As you read, choose a lens and make connections!
As you read, choose a lens and make connections!
Whether consciously or sub-consciously, all readers make connections to literary works as they read. "Text to World", "Text to Text", and "Text to Self" connections provide the reader with a variety of lenses - different ways to see a text.
When readers make the effort to acknowledge and explore these connections and their meaning, they have the opportunity to develop insights as well as recognize the limitations or bias of any one lens.
When literary critics explore a text, they often do so through a "critical lens" - a specific perspective/context through which they consider the literary work. Through our research, we will include some of these "critical lenses" in our exploration of texts.
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