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University of Toronto: Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing HandoutUniversity of Toronto: Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing Handout
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University of Toronto (Canada)
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9th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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1050L
Handout

University of Toronto: Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing

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Aimed particularly towards writing about non-fiction, this site describes ways to think about what you read so you can write more clearly. Focuses on analyzing the "ways of thinking" that an author uses so you can evaluate the validity of their arguments. W.9-10.9b Research/Argum, W.11-12.9b US Doc Analysis

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

close reading, critical reading

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analyzing nonfiction, nonfiction analysis, nonfiction critique, ccss.ela, critical reading towards critical writing, critical writing, w.11-12.9b us doc analysis, w.6.9.b, w.9-10.9b research/argum, apply grade 6 reading standards to literary nonfiction, critical reviews

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

Common Core

W.11-12.9.b W.6.9.b W.7.9.b W.8.9.b W.9-10.9.b RL.7.6 RI.9-10.6 RI.8.6 RH.11-12.6 RL.8.6 RI.7.8

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