The Responsive, Responsible, Compassionate Reader

The Responsive, Responsible, Compassionate Reader

1. Main idea #3: Responsible readers question the text.

   • What surprised you?
   • What did the author think you already knew?
   • What changed, challenged, or confirmed your thinking?
   • Question what the author has written.

2. Main idea #4: Responsible readers have a responsibility to oneself.

   • Value change.
   • Keep an open mind.
   • Do not misrepresent the text.
   • Respect both the words on the page and their own thoughts and values.

3. Main idea #1: Responsive readers alert to their own responses.

   • Aware of one's curiosity.
   • Aware of one's feelings.
   • Present in mind and heart.
   • Readers must be alert to their own reactions to the text.

4. Main idea #2: Responsive readers alert to the responses of other readers.

   • Aware of others' feelings.
   • Aware of others' curiosity.
   • What everyone makes of the text will be unique.
   • Readers must be alert to others' reactions.

5. Main idea #5: Compassionate readers.

   • Reading should evoke feelings.
   • See other points of view.
   • Read aesthetically.
   • Compassionate readers will be able to read well.

Images and files in the map