Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard

Harvard College Library (the Lamont Library) has posted this handout about how to develop the habit of critial reading because, "Critical reading -- active engagement and interaction with texts -- is essential to your academic success at Harvard, and to your academic growth." Success in high schools that are trying to send kids to college, too!

What are the 6 reading habits?

Previewing
Annotating
Outline, summarize, analyze
Look for repetitions and patterns
Contextualize
Compare and Contrast

Each heading is followed by a succint description and several bullet points of examples.

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