Chapter 3 and Chapter 4

In chapter 3 Hjortshoj defines predatory reading as a reader taking an assigned reading and "attacking" it. What he means is you should read with an intention of taking something away from the text you are reading. Hjortshoj wants us to know as a "good" reader that reading should be done with a strategy, if information from a long text such as a textbook needs to be retained you have to strategize in order to understand a reading. Developing these strategies can go a long way throughout someones college career because in college you will have long readings and other assignments due the next day, so there will be no possible way to finish all of your reading plus other homework. In order to be able to accomplish the task of finishing your readings and assignments, predatory reading will help greatly. If you don't accomplish the ability to become a predatory reader, you will find it hard to stay on top of assignments and as weeks go by you will be behind.
In chapter 4 Hjortshoj describes 5 steps that will help you become an effective writer. The first step he talks about is Prewriting, which is brainstorming your ideas and gathering information about the topic that you will be writing on. The second step is composing, this will be the step in which you gather sentences together that may end up in your final product. The third step is revising or rewriting, which is looking back at your draft and making the small edits. The fourth step is editing or proofreading, which is looking over it and checking for grammar and wording issues. The final step is the release, turning in your final product after it has been worked through these 5 steps. I think that a one draft paper should only be used if you have a paper that is due the next day and you haven't touched your assignment, really only when you're behind bad and just have to get something in. The downside of a one draft is you don't get to see your mistakes throughout the writing process and the process is just a loop there is no structure.

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