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A good reader does as many of the following as possible:
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Seizes
the main ideas |
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Thinks about what the
author is saying
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Is ACTIVE
not passive |
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Concentrates on what is being read |
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Remembers as much as possible, |
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Applies what is being read to personal experience. |
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Think about the subject you are going to read about.
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What do you know about this subject?
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What do you want to learn about this subject?
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After you read - What have you learned about this subject?
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Skim the section you are going to read.
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Do you see anything familiar?
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Do you see anything new?
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What is your overall impression?
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Read for comprehension - Make a note of important parts.
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Use a post-it note or an index card and write down important main ideas and vocabulary
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Stop and re-read ideas that you are not sure you understand. Ask your teacher if still in doubt.
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Think of where else you might find more information about he same topic.
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Recall to yourself what you have just read
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Stop occasionally as you are reading and put into your own words what you have just read
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At the end of a chapter, recall what the main points were
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Discuss what you have read with another student or with your teacher.
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Textbooks
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Read the Title and Author of the text.
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When was it published?
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Read the Table of Contents
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How many chapters are there?
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How many pages in the whole book?
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What chapter or chapters look the most interesting?
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Thumb through the book
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Are there pictures, graphs, maps, charts, and illustrations?
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What impression do you have about the text?
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After you have done all the above, go back and do it again in a more detailed way.
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Print this page and refer to it often!
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