Directions: Summarize your experience with the three-read process of the Anne Lamott text (not what you learned, but how the process helped you read this text, and might help you read other texts in the future). If the process did not help your comprehension of the Lamott text, please state so, but summarize why you did not benefit from this method of reading and what you might do instead to help with text comprehension. The post should not state emotion or opinion about either the text or the three-read process, but should, instead, concentrate on explaining the experience objectively. Your reply should be no longer than 200 words. (Due before class on September 3rd.)
Reply: Comment on a classmate's ability to relate his/her experience in the fashion of a summary. If you believe s/he wrote more of a narrative/analysis than a summary, make one suggestion for what s/he might do for his/her summary for the Davidson text. Your response needs to be at least three sentences long, and must contain constructive criticism. (Due before 5pm on September 5th)
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The process seemed a little confusing to start with. I am a firm believer in reading everything slowly and carefully. This process helped me understand that I should read and reread several times if I don’t fully understand the text. I tried to do the process after the Lamott essay with other class materials and I still find myself reading word for word. Maybe with a little more practice and patience I can get the hang of the process. I will continue to read and do what I need to in order to comprehend what I am reading. Practice makes perfect and if I need help then I will ask for further help and insight on the process to help me become better at comprehension.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree. I was confused with the 3 read process also. Each step I felt changes in the way I couldn't understand what I was reading. My mind filled in the blanks with off topic ideas. I would love to hear how you felt through each of these steps to understand you as the reader and see if I can relate to your thoughts on each step.
DeleteI am in total agreement - the only way for me to grasp the complete intent of the read is to fully read it, word for word, and build on your perception of the text step by step. I didn't feel confident with my understanding of the text using this method.
DeleteThe 3 read process was very confusing to me. I started the 1st step just fine. Then during the 2nd process I was questioning what I was actually reading. By the 3rd process I was reading into the entire essay wrong. I ended up having to read the essay to its entirety a 4th time. I realized after that, that my mind was "reading" things truly wrong. The 4th read is when I understood the details of the essay. For now I will stick to how I am used to reading. For recreational reads just jump right in. For more technical readings, for research, I will read and take notes as I go along. It just works better for me. I will keep in mind this new process and give it a try in the future. It can't hurt and maybe it will work better when I have more time to practice this.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Kristi because I was in the same boat. I would have to say after doing it a couple of times and trying it out on new essays I think it is beneficial and is just a new way to think about learning and absorbing the information. I will also be trying it again in the future but will have to tweak it a little to fit the way I am used to learning.
DeleteKristi, i was in the same boat, the more I tried to do the steps by the second I was like what am I reading. Then the third step forget it I was lost and confused. I was trying to read it but my mind wandered and I just gave up and read the entire thing beginning to end. Old habits are hard to break I think. I'm old school I think.
DeleteThe three-read process didn't really help me to understand what the main purpose or topic of the text was. I mean, it was easy to follow the steps of the process and what it wanted you to accomplish but I personally am a fan of reading a text fully and taking notes or writing questions about the text as you read it. It helps me to cut out all the things that may not be all that important so I can focus on the main point. The first process was really simple to understand and reading the introduction did help to get a grasp as to what the text might be about but the second and third process began to confuse me. In the end, I went back and read the text fully so I could understand what the Anne Lamott text was about. In the future, I shall stick to my previous methods of reading a text: simply reading the text fully and taking notes on the main points of the texts and questions about what I don't fully understand about it. In conclusion, the three-read process can be very beneficial for most individuals, it just wasn't for me.
ReplyDeleteI agree Megan, I have to try to break myself of the things I was taught so many years ago, and that was to read everything and take notes and ask questions. If we as students don't fully understand the main purpose of the text then I feel like we would miss things straight off the bat when it comes to reading. Maybe we all can ask these questions in class.
DeleteI think the three read process really helped me. When reading something in a short period of time, reading every word can be very time consuming. Using the three read process you can obtain the key points in a short amount of time. If you have the time to read the text fully then go for it. But when reading text in a time frame then I believe this process will help us gain the knowledge we need while staying within the time window.
DeleteThe three-read strategy of the Anne Lamott text started out easy to follow, and reading the introduction is helpful to giving a better understanding of the text. When you move on to reading only a portion of the text the process starts to get confusing. I did not benefit from the three-read process, because I had to go back and reread the entire passage more than once to understand what was in the article. In the future I will need to start off by reading the entire text to get a comprehensive understanding of the articles I am reading.
ReplyDeleteThe three read process was very helpful for me. The first step helped me better understand the idea of the text before reading it straight through. If I just read it straight through once, then I wouldn’t have fully understood the authors points. I was able to get a better understanding of what the author was saying and what her precise points were. Once my foundation of the text was set (second read), I was able to get even more on the third read. I got little things that really helped set off some of Lamott’s main points. For instance, how Lamottt talked about just getting anything at all down, something you could work up from. I wouldn’t have fully understood the text if I had not used the three read process. I will definitely use the three read process again in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe 3-read process was initially a bit confusing as well, I was lost in the process and wasn’t sure what to take from the process. After doing it a second time I was able to take from the first step an idea of what to expect from the reading, it set the stage in a sense of what I was preparing myself to read. The second stage in the process was more confusing again and I felt I didn’t gain anything from that part just because in reading the first paragraph I did have an understanding of the overall essay but in reading the last paragraph I got confused and lost because I immediately went back to the first paragraph and how it correlated with the last and not knowing what happened in between. The third stage in the process for me helped the most. I am a fast reader at times and like to get to the point so it was helpful to me, reading the first and last sentence of the paragraphs in between, then I also looked for keys words which tied everything all together. Overall, I feel I will use this process in future readings and may just adjust it a bit to my liking.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with you on your summary of the 3 read process. It confused me as well once you move on to step 2, and I can see how the first step of reading the introduction is beneficial. Overall your summary was good and pointed out a few things that could be beneficial to this 3 read process.
DeleteI agree with you on this Amber. The process does seem a little confusing at first. It's hard to make sense of everything without the filler details. However, once you finish the 3rd step it seems to tie all together and it feels beneficial.
DeleteI feel the process can be very useful depending on what piece of writing you are using it for. Lamott's essay, for example, is a little distracting and written in an unorthodox manner. It makes it hard for me to skip around through the paper and still stay zeroed in on the main idea of the entire text. I feel that if I were to use the 3 read process on a more traditional reading, it may be a bit more useful; although I am skeptical if I would actually internalize the process. When I skip around with different ideas and parts of a reading my mind begins to wander. I'd prefer to read straight through and let my mind flow with the consciousness of the paper.
ReplyDeleteThe three-read process was an approach that greatly appealed to me. I found that reading the introduction, background and ending first was informative to what I was about to experience in the text. Lamott's background was very informative to how Lamott would probably write the essay, and to what kinds of life events she would bring in as examples in her approach to writing multiple drafts. Pulling from her personal experience she states that she knew many great writers who have to go through "shitty first drafts," and jokingly, brings up another who nobody likes. This immediately tells me that Lomott would have a laid back tone and this was a personal essay on the draft process. The subtitles helped me ask questions in the text that I don't believe I would've asked myself. The second question about "trusting the process," actually hit home to me! I've always had an unenthusiastic approach to the draft process, mostly because of it felt taxing and repetitive. Lamott helped it seem easier by relating that the first draft is one just letting their inner-child's stream of consciousness pour onto a page. Then find your idea, revise, and after a couple trys you'll have your clean, "dental draft." The overall method of skimming, I feel like I've used before, but in a less organized fashion. The three-read process will more than likely benefit me in the future, even while condensed into a two-read process if I'm ever in a situation where I'm pressed for time. Luckily, after using the three-read on the Lamott essay, I feel I can adequately elaborate on Lamott's opinion on those Shitty First Drafts.
ReplyDeleteThe three read process was very beneficial for me. The first read through most certainly acclimated me and prepared me with the basics of what to expect from the text, especially after reading the first and last paragraphs. The second read gave me a better understanding of the thesis “that terrible first drafts can easily turn into excellent text”. The second also gave me a solid foundation to move into the third read which fully engaged me into the text and helped me understand exactly what Anne Lamott was trying to get across with this text. I had great results with this process and I will continue to use it.
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I guess the saying "old habits are hard to break" rings true for me. I started fine in the "3 Read Process", and initially thought that it would be beneficial to me - especially in longer, more complex texts. However, as I continued on, I found myself losing the meaning in most areas. I thought I had a good foundation, but the more I read first and last and tried to tie them together, I instinctively wanted to return and read the material in full to make sense of it and to assure myself that I wasn't missing anything crucial. I like to be confident that I grasp the material I read, and I believe that reading the text in complete is the only way to do that for me. The process may be beneficial in some instances, but I think I will stick to a complete reading process, word by word.
ReplyDeleteStacy I was the same way. At first, I followed along perfectly but ended up losing the concept of the process. I also will stick to my old habits of reading the entire text.
DeleteThe 3-read process was very beneficial to me. I felt like I got a better understanding of the text compared to usual reading methods. I liked how I could skim over the text before going too in depth. Sort of how you first read the questions then go back and read the passage on a test. When you have a general idea of what you are reading you then can go back and get key points in the passage in order to have a knowledgeable understanding within a short period of time. Instead of having to read the whole passage and then re-read it again if you don’t understand, which is a waste of time. I should have used this process when taking my ACT.
ReplyDeleteJohnathan, I agree with you about the strategy giving a better understanding of the text. The three read process would work perfect for studding for a test, because you can skim over everything and then study the questions after ward and everything will make sense. This definitely would have help me with my ACT's as well.
DeleteI agree with Johnathan especially in the application of the skimming method of the three-read process. It is definitely a tool I will use in the future when pressed for time, or in preparation for a test. Reading the highlights ahead of time also helped me in my understanding of the general ideas I would be reading in more in depth of.
DeleteThe three-read process helped me know what the topic of the Anne Lamott text was about. But past the first step of the process I ended up being completely lost. I found out that for just about any paper someone reads, the first step, reading the intro and conclusion first is very helpful. I personally have used this step way before taking an English course. So when I did it with this article I knew what to expect. Although the rest of the steps were confusing, they did not help me with my compression of this article. The reason for this was because there is a lot of jumping around in the text. When jumping around like that, all the information about the article can then become very confusing. For the future I plan to only use part of the three-read process. I will be doing its suggestion on reading the first and last paragraph. After that though I have decide it would benefit me more if I first skimmed over the article with a highlighter. I would highlight what caught my eye the first time. Then I would go back over it again and read everything word by word this time. Over all the three-read process was not beneficial to me.
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