STRATEGIES FOR

CRITICAL
READING
LEARNING GOALS
At the end of the lesson, students would be able to:
1. Identify the different strategies for critical reading;
2. Use appropriate strategies for critical reading; and
3. Develop interest in reading.
What kind
of reader
are you?
or
or
or
 THINK-PAIR-SHARE

Directions: For two minutes, think of an instance

in where you are tasked to read a lengthy reading
material, such as long story, novel, journals, etc.
Try to recall if you applied any strategies to
understand the message of what you read. Share
it to your seatmate.
 CRITICAL READING

1. engaging in what you read

WHAT IS
CRITICAL 2. presenting a reasoned
READING? argument
3. exercising your judgment
NOTE:

Critical reading goes further than just

being satisfied with what a text says, it also
involves reflecting on what the text
describes, and analyzing what the text
means, in the context of your studies.
STRATEGIES:

Annotating
-underlining, encircling,
highlighting important parts of the
text such as the thesis statement,
topic sentences of each paragraph
STRATEGIES:

Contextualizing
-identifying the historical or
cultural context of the reading
material to create sound
judgment of the text
STRATEGIES:

Paraphrasing
-putting text into your own words
-original information
-simplify difficult or ambiguous text
without changing the meaning
Examples:
Original:
Her life spanned years of incredible change for women.

Paraphrase:
Mary lived through an era of liberating reform for women.
Examples:
Original:
Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay and they can
consume 75 pounds of food a day.

Paraphrase:
A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and
hay every day.
STRATEGIES:

Outlining
-allows reader to identify the
structure of the text i.e. main ideas
and supporting details
-use your own words
STRATEGIES:
Summarizing
-creating a new text by synthesizing the
material of the original
-information is put together using
ChatGPT your own words
STRATEGIES:
Exploring Figurative Language
-allows the writers to illustrate a point
and get the type of reaction they want from
the readers
-affects the emotions of the readers
LET’S TRY THIS
There is a train coming down the rail where there is
one person tied to it and is unable to move. The train
continues to move and will that person. There is a lever
in front of you. You have two options:
1. Do nothing and that one person dies.
2. Pull the lever, save that one person and let the
passengers of the train die.
 Today, we are facing different challenges right
under our nose. We tend to close our eyes and choose
the lesser evil.
Like in reading, we choose what we want to read
and we choose what we want to believe, turning a blind
eye to what the text really is about.
 Today, we are facing different challenges right
under our nose. We tend to close our eyes and choose
the lesser evil.
Like in reading, we choose what we want to read
and we choose what we want to believe, turning a blind
eye to what the text really is about.