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The Two Crabs
One fine day two Crabs came out from their home to
take a stroll on the sand. ‘Child,’ said the mother, ‘you are
walking very ungracefully. You should accustom yourself,
to walking straight forward without twisting from side to
side.’
‘Pray, mother,’ said the young one, ‘do but set the
example yourself, and I will follow you.’
Example is the best precept.
Instructions:
1) Compose a summary of the below fable ( two or three sentences)
2) Identify Key Words or Ideas. Explain (in two or three sentences) which details of the fable’s story (events, characters, dialogue, description) support the fable’s moral.
3) Reflect: In a separate paragraph (two or three sentences) comment on your your experience exercising this critical reading strategy. For example, do you think you will find this strategy useful for understanding and remembering future readings (digital or print). If you had any trouble or areas of concern working through the critical reading strategy, please feel free to share.
Optional: take a screenshot (or photo if you’re using a print version) of your annotated fable. Save it as a PDF and attach it to your response in the discussion.
Take-away: 1) summarize, 2) focus on key words/ideas, 3) annotate, 4) reflect
Applying the critical reading strategies of summarizing, focusing on key words/ideas, annotating complex reading material and reflecting about your own thoughts and responses help you understand and remember key ideas in complex texts and to anchor your own responses to the reading. These are strategies to help prepare you to write academic / critical papers.
