When you read to get through college

The basis of all writing is reading. How well you read will depend on how well you write and get through college. When you read, you are looking at different levels of writing, and ask different questions. This is also how you write.

Always approach reading with these levels of questions. Six levels of reading:

1.     Can you identify the characters in the story so far? (Knowledge)

2.     How would you describe the teacher's role in this story? (Comprehension)

3.     How can we use what we learned so far? (Application)

4.     What is making these stories different and interesting? (Analysis)

5.     How to modify a story to make it better? (Synthesis)

6.     Can you predict how the class will react to the next story? (Evaluation)

For instance:

A.   Recall:

What is ?

Define .

Identify .

Who did?

   B. Comprehension:

Describe

Explain

Generalize

Discuss 

  C. Apply

Discover

Use

Show

Solve

D. Analysis:

What is the main point?

List the main events.

What are the parts of ?

Outline

What is the difference between _______and______

 E .   Synthesis:

What do you think will happen next ?

What is the main conclusion from ?

Write .

What would happen if ?

F.    Evaluation:

What is your opinion of?

What is the best solution to the problem of ?

Evaluate the writing of _______________________.

Defend your opinion about___________________.

 Bloom's Taxonomy, with apologies to MS.