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Lesson 5 Critical Reading Skills

This document discusses critical reading skills. It defines critical reading as going beyond basic understanding to ask questions and consider context, purpose, evidence, logic, and limitations of a text. It discusses distinguishing claims from evidence and evaluating arguments. Critical reading involves determining background, conclusions, balance and how a text relates to other research. The document provides examples of claims and evidence and discusses ensuring claims are supported by sufficient, relevant evidence and sound reasoning. It identifies objectives of distinguishing critical from non-critical reading, formulating evaluative statements, and applying critical reading strategies.

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Lesson 5 Critical Reading Skills

This document discusses critical reading skills. It defines critical reading as going beyond basic understanding to ask questions and consider context, purpose, evidence, logic, and limitations of a text. It discusses distinguishing claims from evidence and evaluating arguments. Critical reading involves determining background, conclusions, balance and how a text relates to other research. The document provides examples of claims and evidence and discusses ensuring claims are supported by sufficient, relevant evidence and sound reasoning. It identifies objectives of distinguishing critical from non-critical reading, formulating evaluative statements, and applying critical reading strategies.

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Lesson 5:

Critical Reading
Skills
Mr. Merboy V. Pangilinan, M.A.
Learning Facilitator, UST Angelicum College
LET’S RECALL
KINDS OF PARAGRAPHS
Narrative
Descriptive
Expository
Argumentative
Persuasive
LET’S RECALL
KINDS OF TEXTS
Academic
Journalistic
Literary
Technical
LET’S RECALL
GETTING STARTED
GETTING DEEPER
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Lesson 5

CRITICAL
READING
SKILLS
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OBJECTIVES
Distinguish critical reading from non-critical reading

Formulate evaluative statements about a text read

Evaluate the validity of arguments in a text

Apply critical reading strategies


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CRITICAL READING

How does critical


reading improve
your writing?
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Critical reading is the


process of reading that
goes beyond just
understanding a text.
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Critical reading often involves


asking questions about the reading.

Critical Reading as Reasoning


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To do this, you need to consider:


Critical Reading
- the reading's background
as Reasoning - its purpose and overall conclusion
- the evidence used in the reading
- the logical connections between
the claim and the evidence
- the reading's balance
- its limitations
- how it relates to other sources
and research
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Context of Text Development

INTERTEXT

HYPERTEXT
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Context of Text Development


Reading and Writing Skills

Context of Text Development


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Context of Text Development


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Why do we need sufficient, relevant evidence,


and sound reasoning to support a claim?
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Claims are the evidence that writers or


speakers use to prove their point.
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- makes an assertion about something that can


be proved or disproved with factual evidence
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Decreasing carbon dioxide emissions


from car exhaust, manufacturing
processes, fertilizers, and landfills,
while slowing deforestation, may help
slow the process of global warming.
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• It’s better to apply good nutritional choices at


It home
is better to apply
than teach nutritional
them at school, because
choices at home
good nutrition thaningrained
then becomes teachin the
child’s experience.
them at school, because good
§nutrition then becomes
Although immunotherapy has produced some
good results in fighting cancer, overall, it is
ingrained
less effectivein the
than child’s
chemotherapy.
experience.
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Reading and Writing Skills

Just as smoking ads have been


banned in order to decrease the urge
to engage in an unhealthy behavior,
soda ads should be banned for the
same reason.
Activity 4
A. Match the pattern of
development in column A to the
transitional device in column B.
Type only the letter of your choice
on the space provided.
B. Identify the kinds of claims used
in the given examples.
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WRAP-UP

Critical Reading as Reasoning.


• Identifying assertions
• Formulating counterclaims
• Determining textual evidence
CHALLENGE
Quiz 2
A. Read the given statements very
carefully. Identify the pattern of
paragraph development that
best matches the thesis
statement.
B. Type C if the statement
indicates critical reading. Type
N if it does not indicate critical
reading.
References
• Barrot, J. (2020). Academic reading and writing
for senior high school. C&E Publishing, Inc.
• Cidro, M. (2016). Reading and writing skills senior
high school. Phoenix Publishing House.
• Estacio, M. (2016). Developing reading and
writing skills. Phoenix Publishing House.
• Tandoc, S. (2016). Reading and writing skills.
Mindshapers Co. Inc.
• Tiongson, M. & Rodriguez, M. (2019). Reading
and writing skills. Rex Book Store.
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