CRITICAL READING AS LOOKING FOR

WAYS OF THINKINGLesson 6

TEXT

can be easily comprehende

d

cannot be easily

comprehended

The meaning of words may be implied in three ways:1. Text

3. Author’s context

2. Reader’s context

Simple Reading

Critical Reading

- involves identifying and recognizing the meaning of a text

- is a more advanced form and a higher level of reading

Critical Reading- is a type of reading whereby the reader analyzes and interpret the reading material to know if it presents logical ideas and connection of ideas

Simple Reading

Critical Reading

• It gives the basic definition

of a text.

• After recognizing what

a text says, it reflects on what the text does by

making judgment.

Simple Reading

Critical Reading

• Its central idea is the message

being imparted.

• Its certain goal is to recognize the author’s purpose in writing the material, understand

the tone and persuasive elements in it, and to recognize

bias in the text.

Simple Reading

Critical Reading

• It recognizes what a text

says.

• It recognizes what a text

says, reflects on what the text

does, and infers on what the text

means.

Simple Reading

Critical Reading

• The reader absorbs and understands.

• The reader actively

recognizes and analyzes

evidence in the text.

Example:

Interpret the lyrics through simple and critical reading.

“…I don’t need a whole lot of anything. I just need a little bit of

everything.”

Annabel LeeBy Edgar Allan Poe

CRITICAL READING

CRITICAL THINKING

Critical Thinking- involves a series of complex thought processes which allows you to make reasoned judgments, assess the way you think, and solve problems effectively

Flow of Critical

Thinking

Mainvs.

Supporting Details

Summary

Inference

CompareAnd

Contrast

Problem- Solution

Cause And Effect

Conclusion

Sequence

FactVs.

Opinion

Components of Critical Thinking

1. Getting the Main Idea- involves identifying the

general idea in a text which may be explicitly or implicitly stated

*Main idea is usually found in the beginning, middle, or end of the text.

2. Summarizing- includes recalling all

pertinent information and thinking how to compact them all in a summary*Incorporate all important ideas and be guided by the WH-questions.

3. Inferring

- is done by combining the reader’s knowledge and background with details and clues stated by the author

- is a process used by a reader to understand an idea that the author does not state explicitly

4. Drawing Conclusions

- is usually done after reading the whole text

- is figuring out much more than what an author says directly

5. Analyzing sequence- considers the order of

arrangement of events present in the text

6. Determining Fact from Opinion

Opinion – is an unverified idea; it may or may not prove to be true

Fact – is an idea that is already proven or is obviously true

8. Comparing and Contrasting

Contrasting is determining how things are different.

Comparing is determining how things are the same

7. Understanding Cause and Effect- involves identifying the event that causes another event

9. Identifying the problem and solution

-involves discussing complex issues and identifying the solution