Comp Notes
Comp Notes is a podcast for college students in first-year writing courses. We'll cover the concepts you'll discuss in class, giving you a chance to reinforce or grow your understanding of them.
Comp Notes
Critical Reading
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Mark Sutton
This episode discusses strategies for reading critically, an important skill for college students to possess.
Transcript available here.
Additional Materials:
- The Kenneth Burke quote I talked about in this episode. It's also called the Burkean Parlor.
- A selection of annotation strategies I share with my students.
- From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Learning Center (Note: They have multiple pages on reading strategies, some of which are specialized. I selected the ones I thought might be of the most use to the most people):
- Ellen Carillo's e-book A Writer's Guide to Mindful Reading
- Mike Bunn's "How to Read Like a Writer"
- Karen Rosenberg's "Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources"
- Phil Sloan's "Reading for College, Part 1" and "Reading for College, Part 2"
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