Freakonomics Reader
The title of the book we received is “Freakonomics”; I thought the first chapter was very boring, I was not too engaged with what it was stating. I would highlight comments or sentences that stood out, write questions in the margins, and put question marks when I wasn’t too sure of what was going on. I would bring those topics up during my reading discussions, and with the whole class. It gave me a lot of clarity of others opinions, and another outlook on the chapter.
Annotating is a great while reading; it’s been exhilarating for me. I suggest others to annotate while reading, it’s a way to summarize, mark what interested you, and creating questions, and learning new words. There was not big strategy with how I kept up with the book. Looking for anything that would catch my eye and read from them, I would then go back and read the chapter from the beginning to get clarity of what was going on.
I usually would read on the bus when going to class, or leaving class. But I mainly got a majority of my reading down at work, I would go through a few pages depending how engaged I was with the chapter. If I felt the chapter was very interesting I would complete the full chapter.
I agree with what you said about the first chapter of the book. I like how you talk about annotating and writing questions while reading and asking the group your questions. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHey vivi I agree with the method of reading on the bus when im on my way or leaving school.
ReplyDeleteHello Vivi,
ReplyDeleteYour completely right, this book requires an open mind and you really have to take in all of what the author has to say in order to understand it. Overall great post!