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"The data suggest that text comprehension is enhanced when readers actively relate the ideas represented in print to their
own knowledge and experience and construct mental representations in memory."
—Report of the National Reading Panel
(National Reading Panel, 2000, p. 14)
—Report of the National Reading Panel
(National Reading Panel, 2000, p. 14)
While celebrating and respecting students' enjoyment of popular culture texts, teachers also have a responsibility to help students become critical consumers and reproducers
of texts related to popular media.
—Shelley Hong Xu, Rachael Sawyer Perkins and Lark O. Zunich, from
Trading Cards to Comic Strips,
2005, p. 131
Trading Cards to Comic Strips,
2005, p. 131
Good readers... evaluate the text's quality and value, and react to the text in a range of ways, both intellectually and emotionally.
—Nell Duke, from
Building Comprehension Through Explicit Teaching of Comprehension Strategies,
Online, September 2001
Building Comprehension Through Explicit Teaching of Comprehension Strategies,
Online, September 2001
"Evaluating text with multiple criteria enriches comprehension."
Critiquing involves judging or evaluating a text based on personal, world, or textual knowledge. The key is to engage your students in the process, so they become thoughtful
consumers of print.
Readers should adopt a critical stance toward text so that they can become more active participants in the reading process. Evaluating or making judgments is the ultimate
step in interacting with text.
—Reading Instructional Handbook
Online
Online