When
school comes around the corner “book worms” can turn to people who don’t want
to pick up a book and people who don’t like books sometimes turn into
“bookworms”. As for me, when school comes around I become a more lazy reader
because the readings that are required I normally don’t like and the books I do
like are put into a pile. They wait till the summer, when I don’t have to read
for school. I change form being a “book worm” into someone who dreads reading.
If I enjoy a schoolbook I normally make better
annotations. By better annotations I mean more in depth instead of just
underlining events/people. This year I was pretty good about annotating and
taking notes. I made sure to write connections, foreshadowing, and questions I
had in the side margins. Writing connections in the margins was new for me this
year. Normally, I would just write a quick summary of the paragraph or what I
was thinking at the time. It was hard sometimes to keep up with the reading if
I wasn’t into the book. However, through these experiences I have created
reading schedules for myself. I set a goal of a certain amount of pages or
chapters to read each night so I’m not cramming it in the night before.
As I read through Jim Burke’s
article, “Performative Literacy” I was able to distinguish what type of reader
I am and how to improve on my reading skills. Throughout the article Burke
listed numerous skills that a disciplined reader needs. I was able to match
myself to some of these skills. For example, I have the skills to challenge the
readings we do and to change my mind in order to appreciate alternative
visions. After reading the article I can confidently label myself as a critical
reader. I also have learned new strategies such as re-reading a text over and
over to better comprehend it, patience when it comes to something more
challenging, and sustaining focus towards the text. These strategies will make
me a stronger reader and help me not procrastinate and get frustrated if I don’t
understand the text the first time.
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