Reading With the Grain and Against the Grain

We were asked to read chapter six in Allyn & Bacon, when I was reading this chapter it helped to prepare my summary and strong response for our third paper.  A few things really stood out to me, On page 125-126 it was about reading with and against the grain.  I found that when I am reading and article or essay I read with the grain.  I wanted to challenge myself to try and read against the grain more.  When we wrote our journal for week 7 I read against the grain.  I felt that the had helped me have a stronger response to what I was reading.  This will help me when I write my response to paper three.

I wrote paper on Earl Shorris essay on How the use of a Liberal Education can change people in Poverty.  I noticed that I read with the grain, so it was easy for me to write the summary.  When I started to write my response I found that it was difficult for me to have the kind of strong response that the paper required.

I was getting frustrated because I knew I need more but I wasn’t sure on where to start.  Then I remembered that in chapter six they talked about reading with and against the grain.  I decided that to make my response better and longer I would read the essay one more time while reading against the grain.

I think reading with and gainst the grain will make it easier for me to determine what to write in certain parts of a paper.  It can also help me be a better reader.  I don’t read very much anymore because I don’t have very much time with being busy with school.  When I find the time to read more I think these tips will help me understand what the writer is saying.

Also in chapter six they had a few pages that had questions that would help you to analyzing and critiquing.  This is very helpful to think of way to comment to what the writer is saying.  In chapter six it had many great things that has helped me in writing paper three.  I feel that each time the papers are a little easier for me to write. 

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