RWS

• context

  • cultural
  • social
  • political
  • historical
• in order to understand the text

  • time or period
  • circumstances
  • issues
• intertext - the shaping of a text meaning by another text or referencing
• uses of intertext

  • in film
  • in newspaper/printed materials
  • in advertisement
• hypertext - developed through the provision of infor which is presented in a semantic network
• reading - produce meaning
• critical reading - academic skill or thorough reading or understanding
• 6 strategies to read critically

  • previewing - before reading
  • annotating - jotting down notes
  • summarizing - shortening text
  • analyzing - breaking down text
  • re-reading - reading several times
  • responding - reacting
• reasoning - logical thinking
• critical reading as a form of reasonin - carefully understanding to formulate judgement or even conclusion
• elements of evaluation

  • content
  • objectivity
  • significance
• evaluative statement - present value judgement based on a set of criteria
• evaluation - making of a value judgement
• 3 parts of evaluative statement

  • judgement
  • criteria
  • evidence
• assertion - declaratio, a forceful or confident and positive statement regarding a belief or fact
• counterclaim - opposing viewpoint
• claim - central argument
• textual evidence - evidence that can be use to illustrate idea and support claim or evidence
• how to find textual evidence

  • paragraph or passage
  • reference
  • offers support
  • view of author
  • eyes can see it
  • inferences
  • text feature
• 3 categories of text feature

  • print
  • graphics
  • organizational
• print feature

  1. Title - name on the front cover
  2. heading - divides a section
  3. bold print - dark and thick print to emphasize
  4. italics - slanted
  5. caption - location near picture that explain what it is
• graphic feature

  1. photograph - picture taken by a camera
  2. drawing - hand-created sketch
  3. inset - small photo next to a larger photo
  4. diagram - series of pictures with caption showing steps or stages
• organizational feature

  1. table of contents - lists key topic
  2. index - located at the back
  3. glossary - words with definitions
• types of textual evidence

  1. referencing - mentioning someone or something
  2. paraphrasing - own words
  3. summarizing - stating the essential ideas together in a fewer words
  4. quoting - exact words from the original text