Critical Thinking Skills
What is critical thinking?
Asking yourself key questions about the texts you read, forming rational judgement, and being able to problem-solve
Annotating the text is defined as...
Reading a text and marking it to make note of important concepts and features, asking questions, or adding your own ideas, Critical Thinking Skills
What is a rite of passage?
an event or experience in your life that changes you in a positive or negative way.
What was Professor Lutfi's on the spot example of a Rite of Passage?
Her first car
Being conscious of what you are doing and thinking, the purpose of your actions is...
What are the four pre-reading strategies? Why are they important?
Preview, Predict, Recall, Ask
Help you determine the topic: you need to know what you are reading about to help you better understand the text.
What was Sienna's Rite of Passage from Common Places?
Giving Birth to her daughter
Thinking about your own thinking is called...
Metacognition
Reflexive means to....
Knowing how your actions affect the world around you
What are some examples of pre-writing strategies?
clustering, simple listing, free writing, 5Ws and 1H, etc
What is the topic of the selection on pgs. 57-58?
Using the four pre-reading strategies or Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Every essay needs this in the very beginning...
A Title
What types of questions do you ask yourself when you are reading critically?
What does this writer want me to believe?
How might this writer benefit if I believe what he has to say?
Asking yourself: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
Writer's assumptions? Do I agree/disagree?
Every paragraph needs to have a ....
Every essay needs to have a ....
topic and thesis statements
The acronym OWL using in the OWL chart stand for...
Observe, Wonder, Learn
The four text purposes we talked about in class are:
What are the qualities of a student who is successful in college?
self-directed, uses resources effectively, time-management, self-reflective
A ____________ allows you to organize your thoughts and supporting details.
an outline
Definition: You pretty much explain something in detail without putting your opinion in it.
Writing to evaluate
Definition: This involves looking at all the small details that make up the "Big Picture"
Writing to Analyze