Active Readers

Active Reading

• Reading for Understanding

  • Summarizing

  • Main Ideas

• Reading for Interpretation

  • Explain the theme, meaning or purpose

• Reading for Style

  • explain how the choices that the creator of the text makes to help communicate its meaning.

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​Reasons for Reading

Have you ever experienced reading a story only to realize you have no idea what you just read? Don't worry, it happens to everyone. This lesson will help you stay focused and read as actively as possible so that you can remember and understand more of the text.

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Active Reading

What Do Active Readers Do?

• Ask Questions

• Make Connections

• Visualize

• Focus on your Purpose

• Preview the Text

• Make a Prediction

​Before Reading

​During Reading

​After Reading

• Reread

• Summarize

Annotating is an individual practice in which you need to find a system that works for you. But there are some general principles to follow:

1. Don't underline or highlight too much
2. Have a consistent set of symbols for marking texts (for example, stars for lines you want to quote, arrows for ideas you agree or disagree with)
3. Add a comment to everything you mark so you can decode why you left the mark in the first place.

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​Annotating