My Personal & Reader Profile Figure 1.1. What is your Reader Profile? My Identity is… So I read… A Political Junkie Newspapers, online news sites and blogs TV and Movie Buff Online movie sites, critics, movie news ESL Teacher Grammar Books, linguistic articles Soccer fan Belgian & French Sports news online French Speaker Belgian & French Newspapers online Figure 1.2. Revisiting your Reader Profile: Choice Texts Versus Obligation Texts Choice Texts Obligation Texts – Personal Obligation Texts – Others I wanted to read… (I felt obligated to read…) (Someone else obligated me to read…) Political Books AOAO Documents Anything class related such Daily Online News Articles Online Macbook instructions as articles Daily Online Movie Articles Bank Documents Science related notes in Ex: Time Magazine, NY Real Estate Documents Middle & H.S. in Belgium Times, Washington Post, KCC & UH Registrations & and at KCC in Hawaii Courier International… Refund Rules E-mails from Airline Reservation Rules Friends/Family Employee Rulebook Figure 1.7 What is your profile as a Disciplinary Reader? Literary Mathematics Physical Biological History Social Technical Health Humanities Fiction Science Science Studies & Fitness Highly Confident Generally X X X X Competent Can Get X By Sometimes Struggles Often X X Struggles Avoids at X X All Costs
My Personal & Reader Profile Figure 1.1. What is your Reader Profile? My Identity is… So I read… A Political Junkie TV and Movie Buff ESL Teacher Soccer fan French Speaker Newspapers, online news sites and blogs Online movie sites, critics, movie news Grammar Books, linguistic articles Belgian & French Sports news online Belgian & French Newspapers online Figure 1.2. Revisiting your Reader Profile: Choice Texts Versus Obligation Texts Choice Texts I wanted to read… Obligation Texts – Personal (I felt obligated to read…) Obligation Texts – Others (Someone else obligated me to read…) Political Books Daily Online News Articles Daily Online Movie Articles Ex: Time Magazine, NY Times, Washington Post, Courier International… E-mails from Friends/Family AOAO Documents Online Macbook instructions Bank Documents Real Estate Documents KCC & UH Registrations & Refund Rules Airline Reservation Rules Employee Rulebook Anything class related such as articles Science related notes in Middle & H.S. in Belgium and at KCC in Hawaii Figure 1.7 What is your profile as a Disciplinary Reader? Literary Fiction Mathematics Physical Science Biological Science History Social Studies Technical Health & Fitness Humanities Highly Confident Generally Competent X X X X Can Get By X Sometimes Struggles Often Struggles X X Avoids at All Costs X X