Bloome, “Reading Comprehension”

            Quote: “…students were encouraged to view comprehension as an ongoing process in which they made decision about which texts to juxtapose and how to juxtapose them; to make meaning from multiple texts as if any text was a ‘portal’ through which to view other texts waiting to be apprehended.” (2)

            Response: This is exactly what I see reading as. It’s like entering a world followed by all the other worlds you’ve read about. This even works with non-fiction books where research and data, or information, can help you comprehend the text you are currently reading. This works best when learning. For example, sometimes what I learn in one class is mentioned in another class, or provides a foundation for it. Knowledge builds on itself and by comparing more than one reading or source of knowledge; it can help you come to a realization that you didn’t think was possible. Aside from that, it encourages further learning when something you learned in the past pops up again; it shows how meaningful and eternal knowledge really is. Another point Bloome makes is that we do all this without realizing it. And it’s true. We do this in essays all the time! Or when we are having an argument or debate about any subject, from politics to what’s the best ice cream flavor. We gather data that is useful to us, and this article encourages that that thinking and gathering of information to be able to manipulate it and use it when we need to.