How to write a reading report.ppt

Howtowriteareadingreport,TipsforReadingReportAssignment,阅读读书报告要求在寒假完成：根据学期初发给大家的阅读书单，完成一篇读书报告。要求：电子版，字数不少于1000上交日期：寒假或最迟下学期第一周发至lucia525,ReadingReport-acriticalevaluationofwhatyouread,Itisnotonlyaconcludingsummarybutacriticalevaluationofyourreadingwork.Itcontainsthemainpointsofthewritingpiece,alongwithyourownreflectivepost-readingthought.,TheComponentsofaReadingReport,title/author/genre/sourceofreading,etc.Aconcisesummaryofthereadingpiece,providinganoverviewofwhatitactuallyconcluded.Abriefcritiqueofthereadingpiece,givinganevaluationofthepiece,andthisshouldbeasmuchcriticalasyoucan.,AboutAconcisesummary,Thesummaryshouldnotincludedetailsorexamplesthatappearinthearticleunlessageneralconceptcannotbeunderstoodwithoutanillustrationofwhatismeant,ofcourse,thesummaryshouldbewritteninyourownwordstodemonstratethatyouhaveunderstoodthearticle.,Youshouldnevercopysentencesdirectlyfromyourreading.Becauseasummaryisaminiatureversionoftheoriginalreading,youshouldnotexpressyouropinionaboutthesubjectmatter.YouwillhavetheopportunitytodothisintheCritiquesection.,Aboutabriefcritique,AbriefcritiqueofyourReadingReportgivesyouthechancetoexpressyouropinions,ideas,orreactionstotheinformationyouhaveacquiredinthatreading.AvoidresponseslikeIlikedthearticleorIdontagreewiththeauthor.Ifyouwanttoexpressanopinionaboutthearticle,explainwhyyoulikeditorwhyyoudontagree.,howtosuccessfullywriteareadingreport,1.Inordertowriteagoodreadingreport,youmusthavereadthepapercritically.2.Ifyoudontunderstandapassage,readoveritagain;ifitstillleavesyouclueless,readon.3.Whenyouwriteupyourreport,keepthisinmind.Beconcise.Concentrateonthemainpointsbutshowhowtheyconnectinsteadofwritingdownalistofinterestingpoints,theuselinkerssuchashowever,therefore,inaddition,besidesillustratehowanargumentisstructured.,4.Onceyouhaveanideaofwhatthepieceisabout,itistimetomakenotes.Trytostayfocusedonwhatisreallynecessarytounderstandit.5.Treatthisasapracticeofwritingwriteitonacomputersothatyoucanediteasilyandalsoforlegibility.,Mainproceduresofwritingabookreport,BeforeYouRead:trytoanswerthefollowingquestionstogetyoustartedthinkingaboutthebook:Author:Whoistheauthor?Haveyoureadanyotherworksbythisauthor?Genre:Whattypeofbookisthis:fiction,nonfiction,biography,etc.?Whattypesofpeoplewouldliketoreadthiskindofbook?Doyoutypicallyreadthesekindsofbooks?Doyoulikethem?,Title:Whatdoesthetitledoforyou?Doesitsparkyourinterest?Doesitfitwellwiththetextofthebook?,AsYouRead:Whilereadingaworkoffiction,keeptrackofthemajorcharacters.Youcanalsodothesamewithbiographies.Whenreadingnonfictionworks,however,lookforthemainideasandbereadytotalkaboutthem.,Principles/characters:Whatelementsdidyoulikebest?Whichcharactersdidyoulikebestandwhy?Howdoestheauthorunfoldthestoryorthemainideaofthebook?Organize:Makesurethatyourpapersummarizesthework.Thenyoumayanalyzethecharactersorthemesofthework.,Yourevaluation:Chooseoneorafewpointstodiscussaboutthebook.Whatworkedwellforyou?Howdoesthisworkcomparewithothersbythesameauthororotherbooksinthesamegenre?Whatmajorthemes,motifs,ortermsdoesthebookintroduce,andhoweffectivearethey?Didthebookappealtoyouonanemotionalorlogicalway?,Recommend:Wouldyourecommendthisbooktoothers?Why?Whatwouldyoutellthembeforetheyreadit?Whatwouldyoutalkaboutafteryoureadit?,FinalCopy:Doaquickdoublecheckofyourpaper:Double-checkthespellingofth