Search for Meaning: Reading Response Format for Higher Ed

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Enjoy this efficient Reading Response formula for encouraging higher-level Bloom’s Synthesis and Evaluation skills in higher ed.

Major benefits: 

  • Students invest more effort to glean value from the readings and provide succinct evidence for grading.
  • Format encourages clarity and expansion for students who write minimally.
  • Student writers who provide too much length get to practice refinement and brevity. 
  • Instructor gets to grade 4 carefully crafted sentences per student. Done!
4-Part Student Reading Response Format
  1. Reading assignment Title and Author. (May include the full APA/MLA reference for practice.)
  2. Summarize author’s thesis statement. (Quote a single sentence or summarize what you believe to the be the author’s main point in a single sentence.)
  3. Quote the best line from the writing. (Take notes and be prepared to defend your choice in follow-up discussion. Your personal definition of “best” may be based on sentence-crafting, novel ideals, metaphors, key points, convincing arguments, etc.)
  4. Share your response. (State your reaction to the reading. Do you agree or disagree and why? Expand on the topic and share your own opinions and rationale.)

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