
What’s the Point? Book One: Beginning to Read for Meaning. Intro: “Kinds of Reading,” pages 1-6
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Who It’s For: Language & Reading Teachers & Learners Wanting Reminders of the Scope of Reading as a Practical, Real-Life Ability
Why You Need It: As a practical, everyday skill, the term reading applies to many areas of life preceding or beyond academic study. To facilitate comprehension, various kinds of reading (symbols, signs, visuals, one-liners, connected text, fiction, true stories, cards, letters, factual info, etc.) may invite different approaches. Here’s a colorful introductory overview of “Kinds of Reading” with exercises to engage in.
What You’ll / They’ll Do:
[1] On a text opening page, read and consider the focuses of its eight (8) Parts to follow.
[2] On page 2 of the What’s the Point? Book One Intro, look through explanations and examples of “Kinds of Reading with Meaning.”
[3] On following pages, match 32 numbered visuals with lettered captions a-z / aa-hh. Check whether you agree with their interpretations of meaning. Put these into your own words.
[4] If you want more practice in this classifying skill, collect, label, and interpret the meaning of examples of these kinds of reading—on paper, onscreen, and/or in tangible reality. Can you find instances of even more reading types? Remember that in the future, before reading items carefully, you might ask yourself what type of material they are.