ENG 1D De Domenicis

Reading Strategies

The process of reading can be broken into THREE STAGES:

To understand and remember what you read, ask

1 - BEFORE you read?

2 - WHILE you read?
3 - ___________ you read?

1)BEFORE you read

To set up the reading task, ask yourself THREE questions:

A.What do you KNOW?

i. What has your _____________ told you? What
personal ___________________ can you make to the
subject? What prior ______________________ do you
have?

B.What is your PURPOSE?

i. How deeply do you have to think/read? Are you
reading to find ___________? to write a response? to
agree or ________________ with the author?

C.What can you PREVIEW?

i. ___________ the text. What can you learn from the
title, cover, blurb, headings, bolded words, etc.?

2) WHILE you read

To understand what you are reading, do FOUR activities:

A. Identify MAIN POINTS

i. Paragraph MPs? Read ________ and _________
sentences.
ii. Chapter MPs? Read ________ and __________
___________________. Often, main points are there.
iii. Pay attention to bolded or italicized words, and new
vocabulary.
 B. HIGHLIGHT AND ANNOTATE
i. Put a * beside ___________________ ideas.
ii. Write a ? to mark key questions or ______________
points.
iii. Circle or underline new ________________ words.
iv. Write notes: your questions and key ideas in your words

C.RECITE main points out loud.

D. Draw IMAGES of events, ideas, characters, or settings to help

you remember them.

3) AFTER you read

Check your comprehension and memory by asking these THREE

questions:

A.Can you CONNECT the ideas in the reading to issues in

the real world? Associate the reading back to what you know.

B.Can you ____________ what you have read? If you

can’t…

C.Do you need to _________________?