![]() ![]() In this brief analysis I’m going to focus more on critical literacy and show you how I engage with texts when I read critically. If you’re looking for a summary of this great text, you can find it online. Can I make a text-to-world connection here? Is there a hidden message in this text? What is the author telling us about politics, race, gender issues, etc.? – Questions like these will get you thinking about the broader picture and that is a part of critical literacy. ![]() ![]() For example: What kind of language is the author using here? Does it reveal something about the character or the plot? Who is the narrator? Although I’m reading a story, I know it’s not just a story. However, if you read the text and ask questions to understand or reveal deeper meanings, then you’re reading critically. If you read a text, you understand it and you are able to summarize it – that’s reading. To simplify things for you, this means to look at the texts more closely and from various perspectives. Search it up and you’ll find lots of definitions on critical literacy. What is critical literacy? What does it mean to read critically? ![]()
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