Q READING ASSESSMENT EXERCISE NAME/TITLE OF TEXT: ________________________________________________________________________________ NAME OF AUTHOR(S): ________________________________________________________________________________ CONTEXT OF THE PIECE (TIME & PLACE, DATE/ERA, SOCIAL/POLITICAL, PURPOSE, WHO IS THE AUTHOR(S)?, ETC.). WHY IS CONTEXT RELEVANT FOR THIS PIECE? SHORT SUMMARY OF THE ASSIGNED TEXT: WHAT EXPLICIT QUESTIONS DOES THE TEXT/AUTHOR RAISE THAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT, OR ANSWER? 1. 2. 3. 4. HOW IS THE TEXT STRUCTURED? WHAT ARE THE SECTION TITLES? HOW DO THE SECTIONS/PARTS RELATE? IS THERE A LOGICAL FLOW TO THE PARTS OF THE TEXT? ETC. … WHAT IMPACT DOES THE STRUCTURE HAVE ON YOUR READING? QUESTIONS RAISED BY THE TEXT (INCLUDE PAGE#, SECTION #/TITLE, LOCATION IN THE TEXT). THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE TEXT—WHAT QUESTIONS DOES THE TEXT RAISE FOR YOU AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER?: 1. 2. 3. 4. YOUR RESPONSES TO YOUR QUESTIONS: 1. 2. 3. 4. IMPORTANT QUOTES FROM THE TEXT (INCLUDE PAGE#/LOCATION IN TEXT): 1. 2. 3. 4. THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR CHOSEN QUOTES: 1. 2. 3. 4. KEY TERMS AND PHRASES (LIST ALL BOLDED OR EMPHASIZED WORDS/PHRASES, AND ANY OTHER WORDS/PHRASES THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW AND DEFINE THEM AS THEY ARE USED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TEXT. YOU MAY HAVE TO DO SOME DIGGING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE UNDERSTANDING THE TERMS CORRECTLY. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU NOT SIMPLY RELY ON A DICTIONARY DEFINITION FOR THIS!): LIST AT LEAST FIVE TERMS/PHRASES