“HOW TO READ LIKE A WRITER”

By Mike Bunn

LA 5/6 Group Work & Analysis

Group Assignment: TABLES• Please write the sections assigned to your table in your NOTES:

Table 1: Introduction & #1 (pgs. 71-73)

Table 2: # 2 & 3 (pgs. 74- 75)

Table 3: # 4-7 (pgs. 76- 78)

Table 4: # 8 & 9 (pgs. 78- 82)

Then, listen for how to determine the #’ed sections. I am running through the section titles. Write a note if you need to, otherwise see the pages listed above.

Beginning Instructions

STEP 1

All by your lonesome self, take a moment to start with the LAST PAGE to the FIRST PAGE, yes-backward, to HOVER and DISCOVER words you do NOT know as of yet. Write a list in the notes we began.

What is unfamiliar?

Scary?

Intimidating?

Too sophisticated?

Intermediate (Group) Instructions

STEP 2

As a group, decide HOW you will read the sections that you have been assigned. (1 reader aloud, all silent, taking turns, etc.)

STEP 3

Read your entire section first.

STEP 4

Once reading is complete, develop a short summary of what you have read as a group.

• 1 sheet, MLA, all names• Be concise.• Include ONLY main points.• No citations, instead put this in your own words.

Advanced (Group) Instructions

STEP 5

Using your SOAPST(one) handout, as a guide, write up the (P)urpose and (T)one. You should have at least 3-4 sentences for each of these boxes.

STEP 6

Identify the MODE(s) of DISCOURSE USED in your sections. • For example, In section #3 Bunn used a narrative.

STEP 7

Then, provide the citation that best illustrates the mode.• For example, He describes his experience reading books “with [a] tiny

flashlight…in the dim light of the theatre…” (71). • You may need to include multiple citations to illustrate the mode. This

is GOOD practice for writing support for a claim!!