Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Synthesis #4
Another important task that we practiced frequently was writing Closed readings. The main purpose of these was to practice working with DIDLS and analyzing a piece of literature. We were instructed to choose a article or story each time and then break it down, paying close attention to the use of DIDLS as a means of establishing a well thought out analysis of the piece. Over the course of the 1st semester, we completed 3 of these. This was one of my favorite exercises because not only did it help me a great deal with understanding and applying DIDLS, but it also gave me a chance to read some very interesting material from an variety of authors. Most importantly, the closed reading helped train me to identify DIDLS, and otehr themes in pieces of literature, which will come in handy come the AP test in May.
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Yeah, I enjoyed them too, they were pretty simple, but I would be weary of how you use DIDLS, it is only to help guide you, you shouldn't have a heavy reliance on it
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you enjoyed this--it's important to me that you guys got some time to practice on nonfiction, because the majority of college reading is actually nonfiction!
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