University of Wisconsin Milwaukee How to Read Like a Writer Essay

Task 1/Reading and Annotating: Read “How to Read Like a Writer” by Mike Bunn. Annotate. As part of your annotation, please mark with a star 5 passages where you learned something new or useful about reading/writing.

Task 2/Composing to Learn: Make some notes about what you found new, surprising, interesting, difficult, confusing, striking, or noteworthy in this article

Task 3/Composing to Communicate: Using your annotations and notes, write a paper that has at least three paragraphs in which you do the following. Upload your paper to Canvas.a. Explain what it means to read like a writer. In this portion you may summarize the main ideas. For example, explain the difference between “reading like a reader” and “reading like a writer.” b. Explain what YOU learned about the reading: in what ways is this kind of reading different from reading in other classes you’ve taken? c. Explain how you think the skills you learned from this reading can help you in EAP 101 based on what you understand about the course and its goals and outcomes.

Criteria for success: Write 1-2 pages. Organize your paragraphs carefully using your notes. When you quote or paraphrase from the text in the packet, integrate the quotes or paraphrases into your paper and cite the best you know how