Each question must be answered in 4-5 sentences.1. What does the text have to do with you, personally, and with your life
(past, present, or future)?2. How much does the text agree or clash with your view of the world and
what you consider right and wrong? Use several quotes as examples ofhow it agrees with and supports what you think about the world, about rightand wrong, and about what you think it is to be human. Use quotes andexamples to discuss how the text disagrees with what you think about theworld and about right and wrong.
3. How did you learn, and how much were your views and opinionschallenged or changed by this text, if at all? Did the text communicatewith you? Why or why not? Give examples of how your views might havechanged or been strengthened. Use quotes to illustrate your points ofchallenge, or where you were persuaded, or where it left you cold.
4. How well does it address things that you, personally, care about andconsider important to the world? How does it address things that areimportant to your family, your community, your ethnic group, to people of youreconomic or social class or background, or your faith tradition? If not, whodoes or did the text serve? Did it pass the "Who cares?" test? Use quotes toillustrate.
5. Critique the text. Reading and writing "critically" does not mean the samething as "criticizing," in everyday language (complaining or griping,fault-finding, nit-picking). Your "critique" can and should be positive andpraise the text if possible, as well as pointing out problems, disagreementsand shortcomings.
6. How well did you enjoy the text (or not) as entertainment or as a work ofart? Use quotes or examples to illustrate the quality of the text as art orentertainment. Of course, be aware that some texts are not meant to beentertainment or art--a news report or textbook, for instance, may be neitherentertaining nor artistic but may still be important and successful.
7. To sum up, what is your overall reaction to the text? Would you readsomething else like this, or by this author, in the future or not? Why or whynot? To whom would you recommend this text?