(2020-2021) Levels of Reading

Scanning your crush's social media profile for your friend's likes.

Scrolling through gaming forums for cheat codes.

Listening to Eminem & thinking about how his rhythms reflect his psychologically frantic subject matter.

In the following scenarios, what primary level are you reading at: reading your favorite author's newest novel.

Watching a news anchor and thinking about how their exaggeration reveal their biases.

Listening to music and debating with your friend whether Nas is, in fact, the greatest rapper ever.

Reading 2 poems & comparing how the author used imagery.

Reading a novel and considering what it reveals about the historical time in which it was written.

Reading work of figures like Malcom X, MLK, Du Bois, etc. & thinking about how it influenced society for generations.

Reading an Edgar Allan Poe story & thinking about how he uses vivid description to create an eerie tone.