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The document discusses different reading approaches used to analyze and interpret literary texts, including skimming, scanning, and extensive reading. It provides examples of each approach and explains how skimming involves quickly identifying the main idea while scanning focuses on finding specific words or phrases quickly. Extensive reading is defined as reading large amounts to improve language skills and infer meanings of unfamiliar words in context.

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1-Writing A Close Analysis and Critical Interpretation of

The document discusses different reading approaches used to analyze and interpret literary texts, including skimming, scanning, and extensive reading. It provides examples of each approach and explains how skimming involves quickly identifying the main idea while scanning focuses on finding specific words or phrases quickly. Extensive reading is defined as reading large amounts to improve language skills and infer meanings of unfamiliar words in context.

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WRITING A CLOSE

ANALYSIS AND
CRITICAL
INTERPRETATION OF
LITERARY TEXTS AND
APPLYING A READING
APPROACH
OBJECTIVES
▪Identify the common reading approaches
that are helpful in analyzing and
interpreting a literary text.
▪Write a close analysis and critical
interpretation of literary texts using
different reading approaches.
GROUP QUIZ
Answer the following questions by
choosing the letter of the correct
answer.
QUESTION NO. 1
It is an approach wherein students are demanded to read
more to improve knowledge.
a. Skimming
b. Scanning
c. Extensive reading
d. Reading approach
QUESTION NO. 1
It is an approach wherein students are demanded to read
more to improve knowledge.
a. Skimming
b. Scanning
c. Extensive reading
d. Reading approach
QUESTION NO. 2
It is an activity to read shorter texts to extract accurate
detailed information.
a. Reading approach
b. Skimming
c. Extensive reading
d. Scanning
QUESTION NO. 2
It is an activity to read shorter texts to extract accurate
detailed information.
a. Reading approach
b. Skimming
c. Extensive reading
d. Scanning
QUESTION NO. 3
It is reading quickly a text to get the summary of it.
a. Skimming
b. Reading approach
c. Extensive reading
d. Scanning
QUESTION NO. 3
It is reading quickly a text to get the summary of it.
a. Skimming
b. Reading approach
c. Extensive reading
d. Scanning
QUESTION NO. 4
It is sometimes called a free voluntary reading.
a. Extensive reading
b. Scanning
c. Skimming
d. Reading approach
QUESTION NO. 4
It is sometimes called a free voluntary reading.
a. Extensive reading
b. Scanning
c. Skimming
d. Reading approach
QUESTION NO. 5
Alyssa wants to answer questions quickly, so she looked
for keywords in the selection. She used _________.
a. Scanning
b. Extensive reading
c. Reading approach
d. Skimming
QUESTION NO. 5
Alyssa wants to answer questions quickly, so she looked
for keywords in the selection. She used _________.
a. Scanning
b. Extensive reading
c. Reading approach
d. Skimming
QUESTION NO. 6
Abigail listed down words that she didn’t know the
meaning and searched for it in the dictionary. She is
using ____________.
a. Scanning
b. Extensive reading
c. Reading approach
d. Skimming
QUESTION NO. 6
Abigail listed down words that she didn’t know the
meaning and searched for it in the dictionary. She is
using ____________.
a. Scanning
b. Extensive reading
c. Reading approach
d. Skimming
QUESTION NO. 7
Daniel identified the main idea of the text she is
reading. She used __________.
a. Scanning
b. Extensive reading
c. Skimming
d. Reading approach
QUESTION NO. 7
Daniel identified the main idea of the text she is
reading. She used __________.
a. Scanning
b. Extensive reading
c. Skimming
d. Reading approach
QUESTION NO. 8
Sir Allan emphasized that this approach is important for
students to read effectively. He is talking about
______________.
a. Extensive reading
b. Scanning
c. Reading approach
d. Skimming
QUESTION NO. 8
Sir Allan emphasized that this approach is important for
students to read effectively. He is talking about
______________.
a. Extensive reading
b. Scanning
c. Reading approach
d. Skimming
QUESTION NO. 9
Daniela wanted to see the Sakura Festival. Which
country is she going to visit?
a. Singapore
b. Thailand
c. Japan
d. Brunei
QUESTION NO. 9
Daniela wanted to see the Sakura Festival. Which
country is she going to visit?
a. Singapore
b. Thailand
c. Japan
d. Brunei
QUESTION NO. 10
Philippines is on the Asian continent. If the Philippines
is a part of it, which specific region on Asia does the PH
belong?
a. Southeast
b. West
c. Central
d. South
QUESTION NO. 10
Philippines is on the Asian continent. If the Philippines
is a part of it, which specific region on Asia does the PH
belong?
a. Southeast
b. West
c. Central
d. South
READING APPROACH
SKIMMING
SCANNING
⮚Quick reading to get the summary
⮚Look for keywords
⮚Moving eyes quickly down to seek specific words
or phrases
EXTENSIVE READING/
FREE VOLUNTARY READING
⮚Approach to language learning, including foreign language
learning
⮚Involves large amount of reading
⮚Reader’s view and review unfamiliar words in a specific context
will allow the reader to infer the word’s meaning to learn the
unknown words.
⮚Free reading of books that is not too difficult for readers.
SUMMARY
▪ 1. Reading Approach is an approach wherein students are demanded to read more to improve
their knowledge and get new ideas.
▪ 2. Students will know the different cultures by reading across cultural understanding in
reading.
▪ 3. In reading approach, students are expected to improve their English Skills.
▪ 4. In skimming, the main idea of a text is quickly identified
▪ 5. Skimming is done at a speed three to four times faster than normal reading.
SUMMARY
▪ 6. Skimming works well to find dates, names, and places. Scanning is quickly reading a text
to get the summary of it.
▪ 7. Scanning involves moving the eyes quickly down the page seeking specific words and
phrases.
▪ 8. Extensive Reading is an approach where the reader’s view and review of unknown words
in specific context will allow the reader to infer the word’s meaning, to learn unfamiliar words.
▪ 9. Extensive Reading is sometimes called Free Voluntary Reading
GROUP ACTIVITY: FILL OUT THE
TABLE WITH UNFAMILIAR WORDS
WORD MEANING
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE
POEM
GROUP REPORTING

Identifying Authors from Asia, North America,


Europe, Latin America, and Africa
▪ Group 1: North America- Stan Lee & George R.R. Martin
▪ Group 2: Latin America- Paulo Coelho and Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
▪ Group 3: Africa and Asia- Chinua Achebe and
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Kim Eun Sook and Lang
Leav
▪ Group 4: Europe: J.K. Rowling and Arthur Conan Doyle

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