ASSIGNMENT 15: YOUR READER REPORT, PART 1
To ReadToday, you will begin to produce a reader report on a text of your own choosing.
Step 1 is to choose ONE book chapter or article in a theory text that feels like a good intellectual fit for your interests. Ideally, this writing in this text will feel dense, but not impenetrable. The most sensible places to search for something:
Step 3 is to VISUALLY READ your chosen text by marking it up in different colors, using the techniques we covered in class. You can use a PDF markup tool like XoDo, markup the document in Word, or even use colored markers and take photographs to post online. Whatever you do, we should be able to see how you have color-coded:
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To WriteIn a few sentences, please tell us:
1. What questions is the author of this text trying to address for his readers? 2. What answers/arguments does the writer provide to those questions ? 3. Out of those questions and answers/arguments, which ones are particularly germane to your interests? Why?
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