Friday, March 16, 2018
Discussion n. 18: Suggestions from your classmates: How to read "Christ"
Your classmates Annie and Amanda recommend:
"I feel like while approaching this text we should also make little notes after each paragraph."
"I think it could be helpful to write down things that really stood out while reading the text and jot down what we feel or what we think about it so that it can help us to remember points made as well as understand what is going on in the text."
Thank you to both for starting the conversation and for the suggestions.
COMMENTS and REPLIES: Does "finding a rhythm" work for you? What about written notes? Or post-it stickers?
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I agree that writing down notes can help with better understanding the text .One can write things in their own words and refer back to their notes. Post-it stickers work as well as it gives more space to write notes down. As I'm reading the book I also summarized what I read at the end of the chapter.
ReplyDeletePost it notes can definitely help to keep the notes more organized and to keep track of what we are reading. Finding a rhythm, I think is something that is very important in reading texts that are a bit more difficult as well.
ReplyDeleteMy note taking consists of underlining, circling, and writing in the margins. I underline and circle key points and then write notes in my own words. In addition, at the end of each chapter, I write my own summary. I think putting the context into my own words allows me to better understand what is happening.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree it does help me a lot. Writing anything that resonates with you, feel meaningful and helpful is better way to make points so that you understand clearly and it stays with you forever, the message that's absorbed.
ReplyDeleteFinding a rhythm definetely works. In fact, for this book its necessary, without it, it would be like reading a senseless run on sentence. Written notes and post-its are also very useful. If we put a post-it with the conclusion of the chapter at the end of each chapter I'm sure we'll understand and remember the book so well we won't have to go back and reread parts of the book to answer questions.
ReplyDeleteI took note just like how I would when writing my essay. Finding rhythm was had at first but after reading carefully it came easy. this book would stick with us for a while because it had a lot of technic in order to understand it.
ReplyDeleteAfter the first reading I realized that with this book especially it would be in my best interest to write side notes while I read. Some would assume that this could be an abrupt stop in the reading process but taking those notes will help instill the information and allow for better processing of the information as well.
ReplyDeleteYes I do think stopping to take notes in the middle of reading would be an abrupt stop in the reading process. It would run the rhythm and flow for me, making the book less enjoyable, even if I did understand. That's why I would take notes only at the end of the chapter. I think doing that is the best way to enjoy and understand the book. At least for me it is.
DeleteI agree that this book has a rhythm. While reading it you definitely need to put yourself in the narrators shoes in order to understand what's going on.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been writing things down, but I think I'm going to try it for the next set of readings since a lot of people said this method was helpful.
I feel like personally post its / written notes help me understand the book a little more because it helps me keep my memory refreshed when I reread it and I can always add onto the notes when I think of something new.
ReplyDeleteAt first I was not able to “find the rhythm” of this book and had a hard time following along. When I got to part II, I was able to find it and began to grasp a better understanding of how this book was written/meant to be read. As a visual learner, I found that writing my own notes in the margins was a way for me to be able to double-check my understanding of the text and summarize the text into simplified words. Having these notes allowed me to be able to go back on a paragraph and quickly remember what it was about. At the end of each part I wrote down a few bullet points of the key elements that had happened under the actual text.
ReplyDeleteFinding the rhythm was very difficult at first and it was hard to understand what was going on. After repeatedly reading the texts for the first few pages I began to understand what was going on. Reading the book out loud worked in helping me understand what was going on. Also, underlining what I thought was important helped me understand what was going on.
ReplyDeleteWhen reading the first few pages, I felt like the book lacked rhythm. So I reread the first few pages again and realized it had a rhythm. After finding it, it helped me understand what was happening in the book. After every important detail or event, I would take notes on what helped me understand the rhythm more.
ReplyDeleteWhile reading this book I understood the basics of storyline during my first read, however as I always do I reread each chapter at least once to see what I may have missed or things I could more clearly understand that were relevant to the plot. My note taking during reading is a bit bizzare because I usually will read the entirety of what is assigned and then try and write down major points and plot lines. While I do also underline during my readings, it is only to underline words I don't fully understand so that I may go back at a later time and look them up.
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