Page 49: The book has an unusual setup. It has blocks of information on the right side of the page, but has an example illustrated in the middle of the page to reinforce the message of the reading on the right. The top[ left of the page has text related to the illustrated example.
Page 50: The book has a block of text at the top left of the page, describing predictions, and has an illustrated checklist utilizing a clipboard along the right side of the page, to show what predictions a reader can/should make.
Page 51: The page outlines to ways of reading a text (‘for the gist’/ or rereading for depth), the illustrated clip[board on the left side of the page helps to give guiding questions that a reader can ask after reading a text for the first time.
Page 52: This page is about how to annotate a text. The left side of the page tells readers how to annotate, and summarize a text. The middle of the page goes over various things you can do while annotating a text, as well as strategies for annotating a text.
Page 53: This page is about critical thinking skills. The page has text related to critical thinking on the right side of the page, and showcases how to distinguish a fact, opinion, and belief. The middle bottom block of text gives examples of facts, opinions, and beliefs, to help the reader understand the text more clearly.
Page 54: This page showcases two blocks of text along the left side of the [age, telling readers how to evaluate both evidence, and underlying assumptions. The right side of the page uses a clipboard to give readers questions that they can ask about evidence and assumptions.
Page 55: This page covers rhetorical reading/analysis. The right side of the page tells readers what a rhetorical analysis, and how to read any text as an argument. The left side of the page gives readers examples of questions that they can ask about a text, to reinforce their rhetorical reading.
Page 56: This page outlines the use of language inside of a text, and how the language is setup (Context?, Intended audience?, subject?). The right side of the page gives examples of questions that you can use to help you read for the use of language.
Page 57: This page is about trying to read to understand the author’s purpose, and if they succeed with their purpose. The right side once again gives blocks of text telling readers about a writer’s purpose, and reading for rhetorical context. The left side of the page helps give readers examples of questions to help understand an author’s purpose, and questions to hep a reader determine if an author succeeded in getting their purpose across.
Summary of Pages 49-57: The book utilizes clipboards with their lists to make an image and connecting the use of clipboards in every day life( you write on them). The book also splits it’s pages into separate parts, often times having information in blocks of texts along one of the sides of the page, while using illustrations, and giving examples in the middle of the page to help reinforce the blocks of text.
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