Probe: First Readings
The items within this probe are meant to help you elicit and articulate your first response to a text. There should be a balance between (1) identifying particular passages, (2) thinking about the text holistically, and (3) reflecting on the form and structural features of the text.
- First thoughts about the text
- Questions
- Find and respond to a passage, sentence, phrase or word that...
- Felt significant to you
- Felt important for the author
- Worked to develop ideas/themes in the text
- World of the Text
- Characters, Setting, Social Structures, Time, Language
- Writing and Structure
- Where do you see the following being used to add meaning in the text:
- Literary Devices: Diction, Punctuation, Imagery, Juxtaposition, Syntax, etc.
- Author's Writing
- Text Structure
- Themes in the Text
- What themes might the author be developing?
- How does it connect to the larger theme of the class?
