Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the minute paper strategy. In this approach, students are asked to submit their response to two brief questions regarding their knowledge of the module.
In this FLM, students are asked to view four videos covering the process of critical reading and digesting a text in preparation for academic writing.
Key Terms
critical reading, reading rhetorically, previewing, annotating, outlining, summarizing, analyzing, discovering, patterns, contextualizing, comprehension question, discussion question
Module Overview
- Critical Reading for Academic Writing
- The Process of Reading Rhetorically
- Step 1: Previewing
- Step 2: Annotating
- Digesting the Text
- Step 3: Outlining, Summarizing, Analyzing
- Step 4: Discovering Patterns
- Step 5: Contextualizing
- Asking Effective Questions for Critical Reading and Writing
- Comprehension Questions
- Discussion Questions
- Strategies for Writing Discussion Questions
Download Video Transcripts
Video 1: Critical Reading for Academic Writing
Video 2: The Process of Reading Rhetorically
Reading for Writing Online Activity 1
Practice steps 1 (Previewing) and 2 (annotating) on a reading you are currently assigned for your writing class.
Video 3: Digesting the Text
Reading for Writing Online Activity 2
Revisit the same text (from online activity 1) and list the patterns (language, organization, visual, others) the author uses to make his points. List these patterns in separate categories (e.g. key concepts, logic, examples, signal words, imagery, visuals, etc., as discussed in video 3).
Submit your response to your instructor.
Video 4: Asking Effective Questions for Critical Reading and Writing
Reading for Writing Survey
Please answer the following two questions, and submit the responses to your instructor.
- What was the one most important thing you learned from this module?
- Do you have any unanswered questions for me?
Reading for Writing In-Class Activity
In small groups:
- Write two statements that connect this text (current text assigned for the unit) to the previous readings covered in this class.
- Formulate three questions that explore these connections further; in writing the questions, follow the guidelines for effective strategies and use at least two different templates.
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Download In-Class Digital Implementation of the Activity
References
Bean, John C., Virginia A. Chappell, and Alice M. Gillam.
Reading Rhetorically. Pearson Longman, 2004.
Langan, J. Reading and Study Skills. McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Lunsford, Andrea, et al. Everyone’s an Author with Readings. 2nd ed., W.W. Norton and Company, 2016.
Renn, Diana. “Understanding and Writing Questions.” Handout adapted from the Stanford University Center for Teaching and Learning.
