This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...

Extensive examination of what it means to critically read an argument. This process is sometimes called "critical reading," or "close reading," or "active reading." First the differences between reading to extract information and reading...

This lesson focuses on reading strategies including scanning, skimming, SQ3R, High-5 Reading Strategies, technology, and rhetorical context. It includes text information and videos.

Students read quotations from different "interest groups" or "lobbies" in this exercise and then perform a multiple-choice test to evaluate the credibility of each lobby group.

This college instructor offers his insights into critical reading and how to develop skills to interpret as well as comprehend the written word. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inference.

This lesson focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.

This site defines inference and analysis. It explains how analysis works, goals of analysis, levels, bases, and how to analyze text. RL.9-10.1, RL.11-12.1, RI.9-10.1 textual evidence and inferences, RI.11-12.1 textual evidence and...

Reading and writing are essentially thinking. This site examines the aspects of critical thinking, including rationality, self-awareness, honesty, open-mindedness, discipline, and judgment. RI.11-12.10a Text Complexity

In this brief article, the author considers the ways that readers interpret text. An interesting comparison between reading and viewing a painting is worth a look.

Part of a larger site on "The Fundamentals of Critical Reading and Effective Writing," this section on the noun phrase discusses pre-modifiers, post-modifiers, pronouns, construction of phrases, and more.

In this lesson, students must learn to recognize the differences between fact and opinion.

This page provides a detailed chart to aid students' understanding of texts. It goes through the steps of pre-reading, during reading, and after reading, outlining what students should be thinking about as they interact with a text. This...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry instructional activity about the Great Awakening allows students to critically...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students use primary source documents to investigate central historical questions. In this investigation, students critically examine the passenger lists of ships headed to New England and Virginia to...

Provides a detailed discussion on how to approach an essay for analysis.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A structured academic controversy opportunity to peruse and analyze documents to ignite a debate over the success or failure of the New Deal.

Choosing when to read for simple comprehension is the focus of this brief article.

The years immediately following the end of the Revolutionary War were fraught with problems both domestically and in foreign affairs. There were also accomplishments in the expansion of the economy. Read about the problems and why...

Besides the usual critical introduction, biographical information and discussion question; this reading guide includes an interview with the author.

This lesson focuses on analysis including an understanding of what analysis is, the keys to effective analysis, and the types of analytic assignments.

Odyssey Online is a resource for both students and teachers as they explore world mythology in reading, writing, history, and art classes. Providing sections on Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African mythology, Odyssey uses...

The author talks about the main character, Vera, in this interview exceprt. The reading guide also includes a critical introduction and discussion questions.

Read a passage about deconstructionism and literature and answer the follow-up questions.

William Hazlitt's critical essay on the characters in "Julius Caesar" is presented here, including lengthy quotations from the text of the play.