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My Resources » How To Read A Book or Short Story
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How To Read A Book or Short Story
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HERE'S HOW TO READ
To do a preview you:
* Take 30 to 60 seconds.
* Look over the title of the chapter.
* Look at all the headings, subheadings and marked, italic or dark print.
* Look at any pictures or illustrations, charts or graphs.
* Quickly skim over the passage, reading the first and last paragraph and glancing at the first sentence of every other paragraph.
* Close the book and ask yourself:
* ---What is the main idea?
* ---What kind of writing is it?
* ---What is the author's purpose?
1. Pay attention when you read and read as if it really matters
2. Stop talking to yourself when you read. People talk to themselves in 2 ways, by:
* Vocalizing, which is the actual moving of your lips as you read, and
* Sub vocalizing, which is talking to yourself in your head as you silently read.
3. Read in thought groups.
4. Vary your reading rate to suit the difficulty and type of writing of the text.
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Shelby County Schools
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