Tommy Lacher
Mrs. Molyneaux
English Honors
17 April 2015
Performative Literacy Response
I think that the main strategy from this article that applies to me is the rereading. When I do not understand something in a book, I just reread it until I do. I also have a tolerance for ambiguity, paradox, and uncertinty throughout books. I do not have to understand a passage right away to enjoy the book.
I generally do not read differently depending on the task and subject. When I read, I simply sit down and read the book. I do not take notes and rarely annotate for any type of book I am reading. I prefer to work through any problems or questions I might have while reading in my head as I go, which I think makes me a good reader.
I believe that many of the strategies in this article are useful and helpful to some people, but I think that there are many different ways to read and get the same effect. Personally, I think that trying to take notes, annotate, or look up words in the dictionary is distracting and takes away from truly comprehending and enjoying the book. I can try any of the strategies in this article, but in the end each person has to find the most comfortable way of reading.
My experiences taking notes and annotating our novels this year was the same as all of the other english classes, so it was not a new experience. I struggle with annotating because I have never really been interested in english, but rather math and science related topics. I do not see the annotating as fun, as helping my reading experience, or affecting my future reading strategy because it is not something I particularly enjoy doing.
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