The document discusses the importance of teaching critical literacy skills in reading comprehension. It argues that critical literacy, which involves examining the political and social implications of texts, should be incorporated into everyday classroom instruction rather than treated as a separate skill. The document outlines several activities for teaching critical literacy, such as analyzing author intentions, biases, and crafting techniques. It maintains that critical literacy is important for developing skeptical, thoughtful citizens and should be taught to all students regardless of ability level.

1. Teaching Reading Comprehension: Cognitive Engagement and Critical Literacy P. David Pearson UC Berkeley Slides at www.scienceandliteracy.org

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5. Why Critical Literacy Should Become an Everyday Activity in Every Classroom P. David Pearson University of California at Berkeley For presentations and papers, go to www.scienceandliteracy.org

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17. The Cognitive Engagement part

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30. Let’s try an historical approach

31. Text Reader Context Reading Comprehension Most models of reading have tried to explain how reader factors, text factors and context factors interact when readers make meaning.

32. Text Reader Context Reading The bottom up cognitive models of the 60s were very text centric, as was the “new criticism” model of literature from the 40s and 50s (I.A. Richards) Reading Comprehension Bottom up and New Criticism: Text-centric

34. Text Reader Context The schema based cognitive models of the 70s and the reader response models (Rosenblatt) of the 80s focused more on reader factors--knowledge or interpretation mattered most Reading Comprehension Schema and Reader Response: Reader-centric

36. Text Reader Context Reading The sociocultural models of the 90s focused on the central role of context (purpose, situation, discourse community) Reading Comprehension Critical literacy models: Context-centric

38. Context Critical Literacy Social, historical, political, economic Reading Comprehension Literary Interpretation Critical Thinking Writing

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48. Ashanti Reading the world… Or using the world to read texts…