Reading Journal
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| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.
Dillard, Annie. “Living like Weasels.” One Hundred Great Essays. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: Longman, 2002. 217–221. Print. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | This article, written by Annie Dillard discusses and defines critical thinking. Dillard defines “Critical thinking as a process that is fundamental to all disciplines. The general principles behind critical thinking are strikingly similar in other fields and disciplines.” She also says that critical thinkers can be good readers because of how engaged they can be for a text. Dillard’s main reasoning for this article is to help first year readers by giving them a process to read, write, and critically think. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Criticism: “the process of responding to and evaluating ideas, argument, and style so that readers understand how and why you value these items” |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It will help us students collect ideas on his rto improve our writing skills by being more critical and focusing more on our works of writing. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Which stage in critical thinking do you think is the most important? |