AN INTRODUCTION TO WRITING

Writing in response to reading

Guidelines:

• Writing process- brain storming, branching and looping, triple

viewing

• Consider your purpose for reading, understanding the context,

looking up words and references, questions, note-taking, review

• Use strategies that help expand your writing, research and thinking
skills
STRATEGIES

1- Annotating the text- underlining key information , examples, evidence, comments

2- Write exploratory responses- creating own argument after reading , making connections with
what reader learned
3- Use reading for invention- to generate new ideas
4- Keep a double-entry journal- 2 columns, one column with text citations and the other column has
reader’s reactions and responses to those passages, ideas and quotes

Activity: Read an article, annotate and create a double-entry journal

Scholarly approach in writing
• Thorough understanding of context, audience and purpose
• Detailed attention to writing conventions
• Credible relevant sources
• Supportive evidence and insightful argument
• Graceful language
Writing in response to reading
Subjective responses- relating elements of reading to your
experiences, ideas and feelings

Analytical responses- how the writer explains the topic or makes an

argument