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Activity 1.6
continued
In the Reading Situation – Reader – Text model, the reader constructs
meaning as a result of the interaction among all of these individual
factors. Consider the following examples:
• Scenario 1: A senior is assigned to read a chapter from the book
he is studying in English class. The senior has tickets to see a
show that night but knows that there will be a quiz on the chapter
the next day. He is a strong reader but has not enjoyed the book
the class is studying. What factors are influential on the reader,
situation, and text How would these factors impact the student’s
ability to make meaning of that chapter
• Scenario 2: A senior is part of a group of four students preparing
a presentation about optical illusions. She volunteered to do
Internet research to find information to bring back to the rest of
the group. She is a computer whiz and fascinated by the topic,
and spends several hours on the Internet finding examples
of optical illusions, but hasn’t done much real reading or
investigating of the information about optical illusions. The next
day in class the group is expecting some material to read, but
the senior brings a collection of optical illusions to show them
instead. How did the reader, situation, and text impact the ability
to make meaning
Literary terms
Literary theory attempts
to establish principles for
interpreting and evaluating
literary texts.
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